# Shikhira Village, Pandua, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Pandua, Hugli 

# Shikhira

Shikhira is a village in Pandua sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **951 people in 253 households**, the 101st largest of 153 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.0%.

- 951people (2011)
- 253households
- 68.2%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shikhira

Of every 100 households in Shikhira in 2011, 30 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shikhira · ■ Pandua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**52%

Tap water ****0%**

**32%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**81%

Use banking services ****89%**

**53%

Television ****19%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**21%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Shikhira?

■ Shikhira · ■ Pandua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%**

**75.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**987

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****844**

**962

Working population ****48.8%**

**46.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.2% for men and 59.7% for women. 61% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 54 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 328 (71%) · **■** Other work 48 (10%) · **■** Marginal 34 (7%)

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 Pandua

- Shrirambati991 people
- Sandua986 people
- Kalishanda980 people
- Kanur967 people
- Basudebpur942 people
- Kantagar914 people
- Aima861 people
- China848 people

[All 154 villages in Pandua](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/pandua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shikhira?951 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shikhira in?Hugli district (Pandua sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shikhira?68.2% (Census 2011)