# Shirpura Village, Chhatna, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Shirpura

Shirpura is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **826 people in 177 households**, the 82nd largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 826people (2011)
- 177households
- 48.0%literacy
- 1,070females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shirpura

Of every 100 households in Shirpura in 2011, 11 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shirpura · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**80%

Use banking services ****94%**

**68%

Television ****8%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Shirpura?

■ Shirpura · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.0%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1070**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1375**

**954

Working population ****45.0%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.4% for men and 38.0% for women. 55% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 17 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (3%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 60 (16%) · **■** Marginal 280 (75%)

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 Chhatna

- Jamthol848 people
- Bishkodar839 people
- Murgathol832 people
- Lakshmishol828 people
- Kalipur812 people
- Ghar Mora808 people
- Kanta Pahari801 people
- Masthol799 people

[All 287 villages in Chhatna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/chhatna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shirpura?826 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shirpura in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shirpura?48.0% (Census 2011)