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Sahara Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Sahara is a medium size village located in Haripal Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 198 families residing. The Sahara village has population of 974 of which 488 are males while 486 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sahara village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 11.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sahara village is 996 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sahara as per census is 1035, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sahara village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sahara village was 84.73 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sahara Male literacy stands at 89.33 % while female literacy rate was 80.09 %.

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 198 - -
Population 974 488 486
Child (0-6) 116 57 59
Schedule Caste 144 77 67
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.73 % 89.33 % 80.09 %
Total Workers 276 244 32
Main Worker 213 - -
Marginal Worker 63 46 17

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.78 % of total population in Sahara village. The village Sahara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sahara village out of total population, 276 were engaged in work activities. 77.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 276 workers engaged in Main Work, 85 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.