# Sahapur Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/sahapur/

Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Sahapur

Sahapur is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **239 people in 51 households**, the 193rd largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 239people (2011)
- 51households
- 64.2%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sahapur

Of every 100 households in Sahapur in 2011, 36 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sahapur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**60%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****24%**

**19%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Sahapur?

■ Sahapur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.2%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****815**

**943

Working population ****52.7%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 51.5% for women. 50% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 18 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (78%) · **■** Household industry 6 (5%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 2 (2%)

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 Karandighi

- Roshanganj280 people
- Chunamari278 people
- Jaynagra242 people
- Surta240 people
- Majhauk215 people
- Dakishin Maheshpur160 people
- Jotilamat150 people
- Kararan144 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sahapur?239 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahapur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sahapur?64.2% (Census 2011)