# Shirpurnama Village, Saltora, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Saltora, Bankura 

# Shirpurnama

Shirpurnama is a village in Saltora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,080 people in 831 households**, the 3rd largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 61.5%.

- 4,080people (2011)
- 831households
- 61.2%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shirpurnama

Of every 100 households in Shirpurnama in 2011, 27 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shirpurnama · ■ Saltora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****54%**

**66%

Use banking services ****38%**

**45%

Television ****14%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**36%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Shirpurnama?

■ Shirpurnama · ■ Saltora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.2%**

**61.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****845**

**939

Working population ****35.2%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.9% for men and 47.7% for women. 53% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 168 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (4%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 378 (26%) · **■** Marginal 828 (58%)

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 Saltora

- Tiluri5,174 people
- Pabra4,179 people
- Saltora3,966 people
- Salma3,732 people
- Shyampur3,302 people
- Murlu3,026 people

[All 157 villages in Saltora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/saltora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shirpurnama?4,080 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shirpurnama in?Bankura district (Saltora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shirpurnama?61.2% (Census 2011)