# Shitaljor Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Shitaljor

Shitaljor is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **687 people in 142 households**, the 88th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 687people (2011)
- 142households
- 66.7%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shitaljor

Of every 100 households in Shitaljor in 2011, 7 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shitaljor · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**75%

Use banking services ****7%**

**53%

Television ****3%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**22%

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 Shitaljor?

■ Shitaljor · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.7%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1043**

**948

Working population ****44.8%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.8% for men and 55.0% for women. 63% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 37 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (18%) · **■** Other work 28 (9%) · **■** Marginal 189 (61%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Panchkula706 people
- Isabpur696 people
- Gopikantapur693 people
- Barachatra687 people
- Rajda686 people
- Brojanathpur674 people
- Ramchandrapur672 people
- Karachmani Khayarsol658 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shitaljor?687 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shitaljor in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shitaljor?66.7% (Census 2011)