# Shikarpur, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Shikarpur

Shikarpur is a village in [Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/) sub-district of [Dakshin Dinajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **440 people in 110 households**, the 155th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 440people (2011)
- 110households
- 55.4%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shikarpur

Of every 100 households in Shikarpur in 2011, 2 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Shikarpur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****3%**

**18%

Television ****1%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Shikarpur?

■ Shikarpur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.4%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**955

Working population ****31.1%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.8% for men and 48.7% for women. 58% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 73 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 40 (29%) · **■** Other work 23 (17%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Kushmundi

- Nituttarpara455 people
- Mahishakuri450 people
- Balarampur448 people
- Tejihar443 people
- Sindur Muchhi440 people
- Birampur439 people
- Porabagdol435 people
- Jamirail434 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

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## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shikarpur?440 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shikarpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shikarpur?55.4% (Census 2011)