# Shankarpur Village, Rajnagar, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Rajnagar, Birbhum 

# Shankarpur

Shankarpur is a village in Rajnagar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,733 people in 410 households**, the 4th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.

- 1,733people (2011)
- 410households
- 55.5%literacy
- 1,041females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankarpur

Of every 100 households in Shankarpur in 2011, 18 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shankarpur · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**36%

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

**11%

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

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**6%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**80%

Use banking services ****13%**

**34%

Television ****12%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****23%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shankarpur?

■ Shankarpur · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.5%**

**67.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1041**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****991**

**952

Working population ****51.5%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.8% for men and 45.7% for women. 62% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 118 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 219 (25%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 59 (7%) · **■** Marginal 486 (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 Rajnagar

- Tantipara6,227 people
- Chandrapur2,012 people
- Gangmuri1,853 people
- Tabadumra1,685 people
- Lauberia1,551 people
- Madhaipur1,531 people
- Kundira1,505 people

[All 98 villages in Rajnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rajnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankarpur?1,733 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankarpur in?Birbhum district (Rajnagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shankarpur?55.5% (Census 2011)