# Shankarpara Village, Beldanga - I, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Beldanga - I, Murshidabad 

# Shankarpara

Shankarpara is a village in Beldanga - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,657 people in 326 households**, the 39th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.9%.

- 1,657people (2011)
- 326households
- 78.7%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankarpara

Of every 100 households in Shankarpara in 2011, 21 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shankarpara · ■ Beldanga - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**46%

Tap water ****1%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**54%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****12%**

**21%

Television ****10%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**29%

Own their home ****79%**

**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 Shankarpara?

■ Shankarpara · ■ Beldanga - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**69.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****898**

**974

Working population ****32.1%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 77.7% for women. 51% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 12 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 23 (4%) · **■** Marginal 495 (93%)

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 Beldanga - I

- Giridharipur1,949 people
- Nalkunda1,909 people
- Betberia1,844 people
- Khidirpur1,689 people
- Mahishasthali1,599 people
- Srikrishnapur1,588 people
- Sattarpur1,581 people
- Meliani1,567 people

[All 65 villages in Beldanga - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/beldanga-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankarpara?1,657 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankarpara in?Murshidabad district (Beldanga - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shankarpara?78.7% (Census 2011)