# Sangur Village, Sonarpur – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Sonarpur, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Sangur

Sangur is a village in Sonarpur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,962 people in 911 households**, the 13th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 3,962people (2011)
- 911households
- 80.0%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sangur

Of every 100 households in Sangur in 2011, 77 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Sangur · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**18%

Tap water ****71%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**73%

Use banking services ****45%**

**52%

Television ****52%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**10%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Sangur?

■ Sangur · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****943**

**969

Working population ****37.3%**

**37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.1% for men and 72.6% for women. 59% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 219 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 143 (10%) · **■** Household industry 98 (7%) · **■** Other work 787 (53%) · **■** Marginal 229 (16%)

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

- Ranabhutia4,196 people
- Baruli4,152 people
- Raypur4,098 people
- Bhabanipur4,007 people
- Badehugli3,797 people
- Chandpur3,788 people
- Tihuria3,773 people
- Nayabad3,696 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 Sangur?3,962 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sangur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sonarpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sangur?80.0% (Census 2011)