# Shib Chandrapur Village, Basirhat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Shib Chandrapur

Shib Chandrapur is a village in Basirhat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,360 people in 322 households**, the 52nd largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 1,360people (2011)
- 322households
- 78.8%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shib Chandrapur

Of every 100 households in Shib Chandrapur in 2011, 73 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Shib Chandrapur · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**72%

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

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****83%**

**41%

Television ****21%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shib Chandrapur?

■ Shib Chandrapur · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.8%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1093**

**969

Working population ****32.9%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 72.1% for women. 59% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 64 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 232 (52%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 130 (29%) · **■** Marginal 14 (3%)

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 - II

- Katiarbag1,430 people
- Rajapur1,423 people
- Bishnupur1,400 people
- Kalikapur1,392 people
- Ramnarayanpur1,271 people
- Srikrishnapur1,100 people
- Komabad1,053 people
- Rameshwarpur1,046 people

[All 67 villages in Basirhat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shib Chandrapur?1,360 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shib Chandrapur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shib Chandrapur?78.8% (Census 2011)