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Sahara Population - North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Sahara is a medium size village located in Habra - II Block of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 471 families residing. The Sahara village has population of 1944 of which 971 are males while 973 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sahara village population of children with age 0-6 is 233 which makes up 11.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sahara village is 1002 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sahara as per census is 910, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Sahara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sahara village was 71.89 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sahara Male literacy stands at 72.20 % while female literacy rate was 71.58 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sahara 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 Sahara village.

Sahara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 471 - -
Population 1,944 971 973
Child (0-6) 233 122 111
Schedule Caste 5 4 1
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 71.89 % 72.20 % 71.58 %
Total Workers 625 588 37
Main Worker 606 - -
Marginal Worker 19 9 10

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.26 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.05 % of total population in Sahara village.

Work Profile

In Sahara village out of total population, 625 were engaged in work activities. 96.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 625 workers engaged in Main Work, 177 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 249 were Agricultural labourer.