# Sikarpur Village, Sagar – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Sagar, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Sikarpur

Sikarpur is a village in Sagar sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,361 people in 305 households**, the 40th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.2%.

- 1,361people (2011)
- 305households
- 72.4%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sikarpur

Of every 100 households in Sikarpur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sikarpur · ■ Sagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**13%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****27%**

**30%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**4%

None of these assets ****50%**

**24%

Own their home ****88%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Sikarpur?

■ Sikarpur · ■ Sagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**84.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****951**

**964

Working population ****37.7%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 64.4% for women. 59% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 57 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 118 (23%) · **■** Household industry 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 95 (19%) · **■** Marginal 229 (45%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Sagar

- Chandipur2,718 people
- Debimathurapur2,457 people
- Gobindapur2,200 people
- Kastala1,627 people
- Natendrapur1,179 people
- Ramkrishnapur366 people

[All 47 villages in Sagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/sagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sikarpur?1,361 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sikarpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sikarpur?72.4% (Census 2011)