Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Sanka Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Sanka is a medium size village located in Chanditala - II Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 314 families residing. The Sanka village has population of 1265 of which 618 are males while 647 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sanka village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 7.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sanka village is 1047 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sanka as per census is 691, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Sanka village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sanka village was 82.59 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sanka Male literacy stands at 87.21 % while female literacy rate was 78.33 %.

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

Sanka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 314 - -
Population 1,265 618 647
Child (0-6) 93 55 38
Schedule Caste 111 52 59
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.59 % 87.21 % 78.33 %
Total Workers 487 402 85
Main Worker 379 - -
Marginal Worker 108 68 40

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.77 % of total population in Sanka village. The village Sanka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sanka village out of total population, 487 were engaged in work activities. 77.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 487 workers engaged in Main Work, 206 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.