# Shripur Village, Chanchal - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - II, Maldah 

# Shripur

Shripur is a village in Chanchal - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,968 people in 947 households**, the 10th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.4%.

- 4,968people (2011)
- 947households
- 41.0%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shripur

Of every 100 households in Shripur in 2011, 4 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shripur · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****4%**

**16%

Television ****1%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****43%**

**46%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Shripur?

■ Shripur · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.0%**

**57.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1134**

**953

Working population ****34.1%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 46.1% for men and 35.5% for women. 46% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 263 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 875 (52%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 31 (2%) · **■** Marginal 520 (31%)

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 - II

- Goalpara5,711 people
- Elangi5,704 people
- Kandaran5,634 people
- Jalalpur5,600 people
- Bhakri4,502 people
- Chandua4,038 people
- Suti3,970 people
- Gourhanda3,857 people

[All 92 villages in Chanchal - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shripur?4,968 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shripur in?Maldah district (Chanchal - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shripur?41.0% (Census 2011)