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

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Village · Indus, Bankura 

# Shanpura

Shanpura is a village in Indus sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **835 people in 156 households**, the 77th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 835people (2011)
- 156households
- 81.9%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shanpura

Of every 100 households in Shanpura in 2011, 46 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Shanpura · ■ Indus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**66%

Tap water ****99%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**80%

Use banking services ****84%**

**39%

Television ****19%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**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 Shanpura?

■ Shanpura · ■ Indus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.9%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1030**

**964

Working population ****32.8%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.6% for men and 72.9% for women. 61% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 182 (66%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (3%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 29 (11%) · **■** Marginal 51 (19%)

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

- Berghosh882 people
- Paschim Srirampur872 people
- Jagaldwip851 people
- Patraganti843 people
- Chak Rabia827 people
- Bagmari786 people
- Palash Danga785 people
- Bagajal779 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shanpura?835 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shanpura in?Bankura district (Indus sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shanpura?81.9% (Census 2011)