# Shankhrul Village, Indus, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Indus, Bankura 

# Shankhrul

Shankhrul is a village in Indus sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,148 people in 235 households**, the 55th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,148people (2011)
- 235households
- 75.8%literacy
- 1,035females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankhrul

Of every 100 households in Shankhrul in 2011, 44 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shankhrul · ■ Indus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****38%**

**39%

Television ****28%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Shankhrul?

■ Shankhrul · ■ Indus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.8%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1035**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**964

Working population ****48.3%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 67.2% for women. 68% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 99 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 296 (53%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 93 (17%) · **■** Marginal 64 (12%)

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 Indus

- Narra1,266 people
- Kumna1,197 people
- Srikara1,166 people
- Jot Behar1,161 people
- Jhiknara1,128 people
- Kalagram1,110 people
- Rasulpur1,110 people
- Baikuntha Pur1,042 people

[All 131 villages in Indus](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indus/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankhrul?1,148 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankhrul in?Bankura district (Indus sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shankhrul?75.8% (Census 2011)