# Shibpur Village, Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar 

# Shibpur

Shibpur is a village in Cooch Behar - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,188 people in 284 households**, the 81st largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 1,188people (2011)
- 284households
- 66.2%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shibpur

Of every 100 households in Shibpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shibpur · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**47%

Tap water ****35%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****95%**

**83%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****65%**

**40%

Television ****1%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**36%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shibpur?

■ Shibpur · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.2%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****859**

**942

Working population ****35.8%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.5% for men and 55.9% for women. 59% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 116 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 138 (32%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 13 (3%) · **■** Marginal 157 (37%)

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 Cooch Behar - I

- Dhumpur Balasi1,280 people
- Panimarar Kuthi1,223 people
- Baghroa1,213 people
- Panigram Ghughumari1,192 people
- Shishabguri1,170 people
- Natuarpar1,142 people
- Balagram1,130 people
- Jhal Jhali1,122 people

[All 143 villages in Cooch Behar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/cooch-behar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shibpur?1,188 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shibpur in?Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shibpur?66.2% (Census 2011)