# Shuk Pukuria Village, Nakashipara, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Nakashipara, Nadia 

# Shuk Pukuria

Shuk Pukuria is a village in Nakashipara sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,513 people in 832 households**, the 42nd largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.7%.

- 3,513people (2011)
- 832households
- 60.6%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shuk Pukuria

Of every 100 households in Shuk Pukuria in 2011, 20 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shuk Pukuria · ■ Nakashipara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**42%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****89%**

**63%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**92%

Use banking services ****15%**

**23%

Television ****6%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**39%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Shuk Pukuria?

■ Shuk Pukuria · ■ Nakashipara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.6%**

**62.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****975**

**968

Working population ****28.7%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.6% for men and 55.5% for women. 54% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 125 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 420 (42%) · **■** Household industry 15 (1%) · **■** Other work 207 (21%) · **■** Marginal 242 (24%)

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 Nakashipara

- Majhergram3,738 people
- Sudhakarpur3,710 people
- Bholadanga3,534 people
- Kachkuli3,524 people
- Dharmmadaha3,459 people
- Kalibas3,437 people
- Bandakhola3,386 people
- Giridharpur3,259 people

[All 107 villages in Nakashipara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/nakashipara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shuk Pukuria?3,513 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shuk Pukuria in?Nadia district (Nakashipara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shuk Pukuria?60.6% (Census 2011)