# Shibpur Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Shibpur

Shibpur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **586 people in 134 households**, the 155th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 586people (2011)
- 134households
- 54.9%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shibpur

Of every 100 households in Shibpur in 2011, 77 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shibpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****41%**

**26%

Television ****21%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Shibpur?

■ Shibpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.9%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****806**

**954

Working population ****61.3%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.7% for men and 46.7% for women. 64% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 76 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 251 (70%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 22 (6%)

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 Tapan

- Mahadebbati601 people
- Shyampur591 people
- Chak Darpanarayan589 people
- Jagadishbati589 people
- Sinhabi573 people
- Kasibati570 people
- Chak Jalal566 people
- Kashikuri543 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shibpur?586 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shibpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shibpur?54.9% (Census 2011)