# Shitla Village, Barjora, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Barjora, Bankura 

# Shitla

Shitla is a village in Barjora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,248 people in 490 households**, the 14th largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 2,248people (2011)
- 490households
- 64.1%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shitla

Of every 100 households in Shitla in 2011, 56 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shitla · ■ Barjora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****56%**

**65%

Use banking services ****80%**

**60%

Television ****32%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Shitla?

■ Shitla · ■ Barjora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.1%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950**

**943

Working population ****36.7%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 53.0% for women. 55% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 46 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 44 (5%) · **■** Household industry 20 (2%) · **■** Other work 203 (25%) · **■** Marginal 513 (62%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Barjora

- Bamandihi2,880 people
- Talanjuri2,854 people
- Methyali2,768 people
- Kadasol2,291 people
- Bhagabanpur2,157 people
- Kishoripur2,115 people
- Shalgara2,098 people
- Jagannathpur2,061 people

[All 198 villages in Barjora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/barjora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shitla?2,248 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shitla in?Bankura district (Barjora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shitla?64.1% (Census 2011)