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About Sapkata Village

Sapkata is a small village in Salbani tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 409, made up of 219 males and 190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sapkata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sapkata village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Salbani
Pincode 721102
Area (hectares) 73.61 hectares
Population 409
Male Population 219
Female Population 190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sapkata compares

By the 2011 count Sapkata is the 149th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 460 residents. Its 73.61 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Sapkata

Sapkata is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sapkata as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Sakhi Sol, Salbani, Salboni and Salgeria. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Sapkata

As per the Census of India 2011, Sapkata village had a population of 409. That makes it the 149th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 460 residents.

Sapkata village has 219 males and 190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sapkata has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Sapkata is 721102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sapkata covers 73.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sapkata falls under Salbani tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Sapkata notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sapkata.

Sapkata is in Salbani tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Sapkata today is likely to be higher.

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