# Shibpur Village, Tarakeswar, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Tarakeswar, Hugli 

# Shibpur

Shibpur is a village in Tarakeswar sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **530 people in 130 households**, the 84th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.0%.

- 530people (2011)
- 130households
- 75.1%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shibpur

Of every 100 households in Shibpur in 2011, 65 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Shibpur · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**28%

Tap water ****1%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**80%

Use banking services ****92%**

**55%

Television ****33%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**14%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Shibpur?

■ Shibpur · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.1%**

**80.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**949

Working population ****46.6%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 68.0% for women. 69% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 20 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 71 (29%) · **■** Other work 77 (31%) · **■** Marginal 79 (32%)

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 Tarakeswar

- Salepur597 people
- Ballabhipur593 people
- Bharamalpur556 people
- Timna545 people
- Gobra470 people
- Ekdalu461 people
- Ramchandrapur431 people
- Gangarambati399 people

[All 90 villages in Tarakeswar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/tarakeswar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shibpur?530 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shibpur in?Hugli district (Tarakeswar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shibpur?75.1% (Census 2011)