# Shaktipur Village, Suri - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Suri - I, Birbhum 

# Shaktipur

Shaktipur is a village in Suri - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **778 people in 192 households**, the 42nd largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 778people (2011)
- 192households
- 69.6%literacy
- 875females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shaktipur

Of every 100 households in Shaktipur in 2011, 25 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shaktipur · ■ Suri - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**46%

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

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**74%

Tap water ****50%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**70%

Use banking services ****39%**

**56%

Television ****18%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Shaktipur?

■ Shaktipur · ■ Suri - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**71.2%

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

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****898**

**966

Working population ****46.5%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 57.4% for women. 56% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 75 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 53 (15%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 28 (8%) · **■** Marginal 202 (56%)

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 Suri - I

- Ranpur865 people
- Meherpur806 people
- Singur793 people
- Kamar Dangal788 people
- Karimpur765 people
- Nabagram743 people
- Karamshal728 people
- Kutura712 people

[All 112 villages in Suri - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/suri-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shaktipur?778 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shaktipur in?Birbhum district (Suri - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shaktipur?69.6% (Census 2011)