# Shakbaha Village, Nanoor, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Nanoor, Birbhum 

# Shakbaha

Shakbaha is a village in Nanoor sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,727 people in 356 households**, the 45th largest of 130 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,727people (2011)
- 356households
- 73.1%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shakbaha

Of every 100 households in Shakbaha in 2011, 36 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shakbaha · ■ Nanoor rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**72%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

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

**23%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**91%

Use banking services ****50%**

**61%

Television ****13%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**33%

Own their home ****92%**

**96%

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 Shakbaha?

■ Shakbaha · ■ Nanoor rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.1%**

**69.0%

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

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****945**

**968

Working population ****35.4%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 68.5% for women. 60% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 132 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 114 (19%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 30 (5%) · **■** Marginal 331 (54%)

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 Nanoor

- Benga Chatra1,802 people
- Nurpur1,781 people
- Pundara1,741 people
- Patnil1,731 people
- Madda1,714 people
- Jubutia1,688 people
- Feugram1,582 people
- Bheter1,555 people

[All 137 villages in Nanoor](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/nanoor/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shakbaha?1,727 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shakbaha in?Birbhum district (Nanoor sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shakbaha?73.1% (Census 2011)