# Shunutia Village, Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum 

# Shunutia

Shunutia is a village in Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **255 people in 58 households**, the 141st largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 255people (2011)
- 58households
- 70.4%literacy
- 875females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shunutia

Of every 100 households in Shunutia in 2011, 67 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shunutia · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**18%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**82%

Use banking services ****98%**

**61%

Television ****34%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**24%

Own their home ****97%**

**95%

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 Shunutia?

■ Shunutia · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****875**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****692**

**972

Working population ****41.6%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 60.9% for women. 67% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 21 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 6 (6%) · **■** Marginal 77 (73%)

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 Bolpur Sriniketan

- Damodarpur314 people
- Ganara292 people
- Chak Narayanpur280 people
- Jaykrishnapur255 people
- Uttar Chandipur251 people
- Donaipur239 people
- Debanandapur226 people
- Sangri202 people

[All 169 villages in Bolpur Sriniketan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/bolpur-sriniketan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shunutia?255 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shunutia in?Birbhum district (Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shunutia?70.4% (Census 2011)