# Shaktihar Village, Chanchal - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - I, Maldah 

# Shaktihar

Shaktihar is a village in Chanchal - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,410 people in 344 households**, the 53rd largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 1,410people (2011)
- 344households
- 64.7%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shaktihar

Of every 100 households in Shaktihar in 2011, 23 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shaktihar · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**27%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****65%**

**91%

Use banking services ****7%**

**42%

Television ****12%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**34%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Shaktihar?

■ Shaktihar · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.7%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1013**

**944

Working population ****29.4%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.3% for men and 59.2% for women. 54% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 74 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 174 (42%) · **■** Other work 148 (36%) · **■** Marginal 19 (5%)

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 Chanchal - I

- Ashapur1,619 people
- Uttar Basantapur1,498 people
- Bakipur1,489 people
- Bamua1,449 people
- Kusmai1,384 people
- Tarapur1,376 people
- Pirozabad1,352 people
- Gagra1,337 people

[All 100 villages in Chanchal - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shaktihar?1,410 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shaktihar in?Maldah district (Chanchal - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shaktihar?64.7% (Census 2011)