# Shankchura, Basirhat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas

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Village · Basirhat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Shankchura

Shankchura is a village in [Basirhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-i/) sub-district of [North Twenty Four Parganas](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **2,548 people in 596 households**, the 21st largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.1%.

- 2,548people (2011)
- 596households
- 69.8%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankchura

Of every 100 households in Shankchura in 2011, 57 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shankchura · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**70%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**25%

Tap water ****1%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**19%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**91%

Use banking services ****51%**

**29%

Television ****28%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Shankchura?

■ Shankchura · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.8%**

**72.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**953

Working population ****37.1%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 64.0% for women. 60% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 118 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 142 (15%) · **■** Household industry 173 (18%) · **■** Other work 441 (47%) · **■** Marginal 71 (8%)

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

- Soladana2,870 people
- Khidirpore2,678 people
- Mukundakati2,599 people
- Chaura2,594 people
- Shwetpur2,538 people
- Nimdari2,512 people
- Anantapur2,508 people
- Prasannakati2,463 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 Shankchura?2,548 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankchura in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shankchura?69.8% (Census 2011)