# Shankarpur Village, Basirhat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Shankarpur

Shankarpur is a village in Basirhat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,262 people in 554 households**, the 28th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.1%.

- 2,262people (2011)
- 554households
- 66.6%literacy
- 1,027females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankarpur

Of every 100 households in Shankarpur in 2011, 45 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shankarpur · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**70%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**25%

Tap water ****30%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**19%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**91%

Use banking services ****30%**

**29%

Television ****6%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Shankarpur?

■ Shankarpur · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.6%**

**72.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1027**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1062**

**953

Working population ****38.9%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.3% for men and 63.0% for women. 64% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 174 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 288 (33%) · **■** Household industry 163 (19%) · **■** Other work 79 (9%) · **■** Marginal 176 (20%)

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 Basirhat - I

- Anantapur2,508 people
- Prasannakati2,463 people
- Paschim Madhyampur2,443 people
- Biramnagar2,379 people
- Zanmamudpur2,256 people
- Shibhati2,211 people
- Kathur2,141 people
- Gulai Chandi2,010 people

[All 60 villages in Basirhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankarpur?2,262 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankarpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shankarpur?66.6% (Census 2011)