# Samukpota Village, Sonarpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sonarpur, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Samukpota

Samukpota is a village in Sonarpur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,021 people in 468 households**, the 36th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 2,021people (2011)
- 468households
- 68.2%literacy
- 993females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Samukpota

Of every 100 households in Samukpota in 2011, 37 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Samukpota · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**18%

Tap water ****38%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**17%

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

**73%

Use banking services ****20%**

**52%

Television ****21%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**10%

Own their home ****100%**

**92%

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 Samukpota?

■ Samukpota · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****993**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1189**

**969

Working population ****31.0%**

**37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 59.6% for women. 55% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 44 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 254 (41%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 156 (25%) · **■** Marginal 171 (27%)

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 Sonarpur

- Natagachhi2,266 people
- Kustia2,159 people
- Langalber2,058 people
- Jagatipata2,053 people
- Hogalkuria1,993 people
- Rampur1,951 people
- Kheadaha1,930 people
- Hasanpur1,873 people

[All 65 villages in Sonarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/sonarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Samukpota?2,021 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Samukpota in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sonarpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Samukpota?68.2% (Census 2011)