# Shakati Village, Jalpaiguri, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Jalpaiguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Shakati

Shakati is a village in Jalpaiguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,497 people in 863 households**, the 14th largest of 28 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 3,497people (2011)
- 863households
- 73.9%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shakati

Of every 100 households in Shakati in 2011, 10 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shakati · ■ Jalpaiguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**66%

Tap water ****11%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**62%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%**

**93%

Use banking services ****73%**

**60%

Television ****12%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**93%

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 Shakati?

■ Shakati · ■ Jalpaiguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****979**

**959

Working population ****48.9%**

**42.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 67.2% for women. 60% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 314 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 327 (19%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 479 (28%) · **■** Marginal 579 (34%)

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 Jalpaiguri

- Kharija Berubari10,076 people
- Boalmari6,310 people
- Nandanpur6,114 people
- Binnaguri4,370 people
- Araji Maria Kamala Pukhari3,047 people
- Daikhata2,342 people
- Singimari Pratham Khanda2,179 people
- Banshkanthia1,951 people

[All 28 villages in Jalpaiguri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/jalpaiguri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shakati?3,497 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shakati in?Jalpaiguri district (Jalpaiguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shakati?73.9% (Census 2011)