Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Shribai

Shribai is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 695 people in 146 households, the 129th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.
- 695 people (2011)
- 146 households
- 84.0% literacy
- 991 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shribai

Of every 100 households in Shribai in 2011, 23 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shribai · ■ Tapan rural average
- Electricity for lighting 23% 31%
- Toilet within the home 21% 24%
- No toilet (open defecation) 79% 75%
- Tap water 1% 8%
- Drinking water within premises 4% 11%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 94% 94%
- Use banking services 99% 26%
- Television 13% 16%
- Mobile phone 32% 30%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 12% 33%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Shribai?

■ Shribai · ■ Tapan rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 84.0% 68.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 991 949
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1025 954
- Working population 34.2% 45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.0% for men and 80.0% for women. 57% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 159 (67%) · ■ Farm labourers 44 (18%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 31 (13%) · ■ Marginal 3 (1%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Tapan
- Dakshin Gauripur 713 people
- Chandipur 700 people
- Kamdebbati 698 people
- Nischinta 696 people
- Majhi Khanda 694 people
- Kauli 690 people
- Manipur 687 people
- Minapara 686 people

All 279 villages in Tapan

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Shribai? 695 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shribai in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shribai? 84.0% (Census 2011)

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