# Shankarpur Village, Khandaghosh, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Khandaghosh, Barddhaman 

# Shankarpur

Shankarpur is a village in Khandaghosh sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,341 people in 300 households**, the 49th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 1,341people (2011)
- 300households
- 78.4%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankarpur

Of every 100 households in Shankarpur in 2011, 89 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Shankarpur · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**36%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**81%

Use banking services ****56%**

**70%

Television ****34%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**19%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Shankarpur?

■ Shankarpur · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****656**

**960

Working population ****42.1%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.6% for men and 69.8% for women. 65% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 15 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 159 (28%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 240 (43%) · **■** Marginal 133 (24%)

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 Khandaghosh

- Telun1,383 people
- Muidhara1,376 people
- Sultanpur1,376 people
- Krishnanagar1,367 people
- Nichintapur1,312 people
- Amilia1,275 people
- Masila1,253 people
- Nabagram1,234 people

[All 111 villages in Khandaghosh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/khandaghosh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankarpur?1,341 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankarpur in?Barddhaman district (Khandaghosh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shankarpur?78.4% (Census 2011)