# Shukjora Village, Jaypur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jaypur, Bankura 

# Shukjora

Shukjora is a village in Jaypur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **642 people in 153 households**, the 87th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 642people (2011)
- 153households
- 86.6%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shukjora

Of every 100 households in Shukjora in 2011, 80 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shukjora · ■ Jaypur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**73%

Tap water ****1%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**16%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****26%**

**79%

Use banking services ****91%**

**62%

Television ****40%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

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

**1%

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

**12%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Shukjora?

■ Shukjora · ■ Jaypur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.6%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****595**

**951

Working population ****31.6%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.2% for men and 81.2% for women. 59% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 37 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 71 (35%) · **■** Other work 90 (44%) · **■** Marginal 5 (2%)

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 Jaypur

- Kashipur700 people
- Lokpur685 people
- Balarampur661 people
- Gakulnagar650 people
- Bazar641 people
- Rajganja638 people
- Gajipur627 people
- Bhatpara620 people

[All 139 villages in Jaypur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/jaypur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shukjora?642 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shukjora in?Bankura district (Jaypur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shukjora?86.6% (Census 2011)