# Shitalpur Village, Arambag, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arambag, Hugli 

# Shitalpur

Shitalpur is a village in Arambag sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,316 people in 654 households**, the 16th largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 3,316people (2011)
- 654households
- 82.4%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shitalpur

Of every 100 households in Shitalpur in 2011, 56 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shitalpur · ■ Arambag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**30%

Tap water ****2%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**27%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**88%

Use banking services ****13%**

**42%

Television ****13%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**26%

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 Shitalpur?

■ Shitalpur · ■ Arambag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.4%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1038**

**959

Working population ****32.6%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 76.0% for women. 56% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 94 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 147 (14%) · **■** Household industry 64 (6%) · **■** Other work 368 (34%) · **■** Marginal 408 (38%)

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 Arambag

- Haraditya4,011 people
- Dihi Bayara3,697 people
- Pratapnagar3,675 people
- Tajpur3,425 people
- Balundi3,300 people
- Para Bagnan3,273 people
- Puin3,202 people
- Hayatpur3,010 people

[All 159 villages in Arambag](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/arambag/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shitalpur?3,316 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shitalpur in?Hugli district (Arambag sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shitalpur?82.4% (Census 2011)