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

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Village · Indus, Bankura 

# Shashpur

Shashpur is a village in Indus sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,902 people in 832 households**, the 4th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 3,902people (2011)
- 832households
- 71.8%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shashpur

Of every 100 households in Shashpur in 2011, 69 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shashpur · ■ Indus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**66%

Tap water ****8%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**80%

Use banking services ****60%**

**39%

Television ****34%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Shashpur?

■ Shashpur · ■ Indus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****978**

**964

Working population ****43.7%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 63.1% for women. 59% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 236 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 389 (23%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 300 (18%) · **■** Marginal 768 (45%)

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

- Akui6,115 people
- Somsar4,421 people
- Kharsi4,206 people
- Rol3,858 people
- Karisunda3,608 people
- Betanal3,580 people
- Gopal Nagar3,440 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shashpur?3,902 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shashpur in?Bankura district (Indus sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shashpur?71.8% (Census 2011)