Village · Onda, Bankura
# Shinhati

Shinhati is a village in Onda sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,655 people in 416 households, the 30th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.8%.
- 1,655 people (2011)
- 416 households
- 66.5% literacy
- 1,018 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shinhati

Of every 100 households in Shinhati in 2011, 44 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shinhati · ■ Onda rural average
- Electricity for lighting 44% 39%
- Toilet within the home 28% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 72% 87%
- Tap water 0% 7%
- Drinking water within premises 14% 19%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 12% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 74% 70%
- Use banking services 55% 58%
- Television 31% 18%
- Mobile phone 37% 34%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 12% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 29% 20%
- Own their home 97% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Shinhati?

■ Shinhati · ■ Onda rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 66.5% 65.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1018 957
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 960 937
- Working population 41.7% 39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.9% for men and 58.2% for women. 61% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 21 (3%) · ■ Farm labourers 195 (28%) · ■ Household industry 39 (6%) · ■ Other work 290 (42%) · ■ Marginal 145 (21%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Onda
- Bhulanpur 1,748 people
- Santor 1,739 people
- Shalihan 1,708 people
- Jama Dhara 1,707 people
- Nakai Guri 1,648 people
- Kalyani 1,632 people
- Chak Krishnasinghpur 1,630 people
- Agarda Purusottampur 1,629 people

All 291 villages in Onda

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Shinhati? 1,655 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shinhati in? Bankura district (Onda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shinhati? 66.5% (Census 2011)

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