# Shwetpur Village, Basirhat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Shwetpur

Shwetpur is a village in Basirhat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,538 people in 556 households**, the 22nd largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.1%.

- 2,538people (2011)
- 556households
- 72.0%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shwetpur

Of every 100 households in Shwetpur in 2011, 37 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shwetpur · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**70%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**25%

Tap water ****31%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**19%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****3%**

**29%

Television ****8%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Shwetpur?

■ Shwetpur · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**72.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1273**

**953

Working population ****34.8%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 69.5% for women. 59% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 152 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 240 (27%) · **■** Household industry 22 (2%) · **■** Other work 232 (26%) · **■** Marginal 236 (27%)

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

- Khidirpore2,678 people
- Mukundakati2,599 people
- Chaura2,594 people
- Shankchura2,548 people
- Nimdari2,512 people
- Anantapur2,508 people
- Prasannakati2,463 people
- Paschim Madhyampur2,443 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 Shwetpur?2,538 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shwetpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shwetpur?72.0% (Census 2011)