# Shikri Village, Ranaghat - II, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Ranaghat - II, Nadia 

# Shikri

Shikri is a village in Ranaghat - II sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,608 people in 817 households**, the 28th largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.4%.

- 3,608people (2011)
- 817households
- 75.7%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shikri

Of every 100 households in Shikri in 2011, 42 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shikri · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**83%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**15%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****85%**

**80%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**8%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****42%**

**42%

Television ****21%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**20%

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 Shikri?

■ Shikri · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**78.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**956

Working population ****34.5%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 68.8% for women. 57% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 317 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 489 (39%) · **■** Household industry 25 (2%) · **■** Other work 264 (21%) · **■** Marginal 148 (12%)

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 Ranaghat - II

- Nasherkuli3,810 people
- Kusbaria3,785 people
- Goalsalua3,717 people
- Kesaipur3,620 people
- Purbanoapara3,542 people
- Hajrapur3,431 people
- Kamargaria3,366 people
- Kanibamani3,313 people

[All 110 villages in Ranaghat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/ranaghat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shikri?3,608 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shikri in?Nadia district (Ranaghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shikri?75.7% (Census 2011)