# Shankar Pur Village, Patrasayer, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Patrasayer, Bankura 

# Shankar Pur

Shankar Pur is a village in Patrasayer sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **248 people in 52 households**, the 139th largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 248people (2011)
- 52households
- 46.2%literacy
- 865females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankar Pur

Of every 100 households in Shankar Pur in 2011, 37 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shankar Pur · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**78%

Tap water ****98%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**22%

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

**3%

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

**81%

Use banking services ****6%**

**44%

Television ****8%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**19%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Shankar Pur?

■ Shankar Pur · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.2%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****865**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****769**

**946

Working population ****33.5%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.7% for men and 28.6% for women. 53% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 10 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (5%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 68 (82%)

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 Patrasayer

- Gosai Gram286 people
- Parashia281 people
- Brika Bhanupur266 people
- Jamsala256 people
- Dhamsa246 people
- Dihila Pur239 people
- Hajra Bandh235 people
- Balananda207 people

[All 160 villages in Patrasayer](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/patrasayer/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankar Pur?248 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankar Pur in?Bankura district (Patrasayer sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shankar Pur?46.2% (Census 2011)