# Shashidharpur Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Shashidharpur

Shashidharpur is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **662 people in 172 households**, the 110th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 662people (2011)
- 172households
- 65.1%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shashidharpur

Of every 100 households in Shashidharpur in 2011, 23 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shashidharpur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**85%

Use banking services ****18%**

**57%

Television ****14%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**33%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 Shashidharpur?

■ Shashidharpur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.1%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1083**

**961

Working population ****65.6%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.9% for men and 56.3% for women. 66% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 41 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 380 (88%)

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 Sainthia

- Raihat676 people
- Gargaria667 people
- Banamalidihi663 people
- Chhautara663 people
- Nohana661 people
- Ballabhpur659 people
- Narayanpur656 people
- Shrinidhipur654 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shashidharpur?662 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shashidharpur in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shashidharpur?65.1% (Census 2011)