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Sahnagar Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Sahnagar is a medium size village located in Mohammad Bazar Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 388 families residing. The Sahnagar village has population of 1747 of which 889 are males while 858 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sahnagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 222 which makes up 12.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sahnagar village is 965 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sahnagar as per census is 1114, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sahnagar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sahnagar village was 75.21 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sahnagar Male literacy stands at 81.25 % while female literacy rate was 68.83 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sahnagar village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Sahnagar village.

Sahnagar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 388 - -
Population 1,747 889 858
Child (0-6) 222 105 117
Schedule Caste 103 51 52
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.21 % 81.25 % 68.83 %
Total Workers 578 530 48
Main Worker 513 - -
Marginal Worker 65 37 28

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.90 % of total population in Sahnagar village. The village Sahnagar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sahnagar village out of total population, 578 were engaged in work activities. 88.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 578 workers engaged in Main Work, 164 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 143 were Agricultural labourer.