# Sekhpur Village, Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Sekhpur

Sekhpur is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **718 people in 149 households**, the 75th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 718people (2011)
- 149households
- 64.3%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sekhpur

Of every 100 households in Sekhpur in 2011, 33 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sekhpur · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****91%**

**67%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****6%**

**16%

Television ****2%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Sekhpur?

■ Sekhpur · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****873**

**955

Working population ****32.6%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.2% for men and 60.5% for women. 53% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 92 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (9%) · **■** Other work 83 (35%) · **■** Marginal 37 (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 Hemtabad

- Manikpara786 people
- Garura773 people
- Makarhat755 people
- Dakshin Krishnapur739 people
- Madhabpur716 people
- Simuldanga714 people
- Bajitpur701 people
- Karaidangi692 people

[All 116 villages in Hemtabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/hemtabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sekhpur?718 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sekhpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sekhpur?64.3% (Census 2011)