# Sholka Durgapur, Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Sholka Durgapur

Sholka Durgapur is a village in [Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/) 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 **1,756 people in 441 households**, the 81st largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 1,756people (2011)
- 441households
- 76.3%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sholka Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Sholka Durgapur in 2011, 33 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Sholka Durgapur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**19%

Tap water ****66%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**56%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****31%**

**38%

Television ****17%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**3%

None of these assets ****16%**

**22%

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 Sholka Durgapur?

■ Sholka Durgapur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.3%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1011**

**962

Working population ****33.1%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 74.2% for women. 62% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 305 (52%) · **■** Farm labourers 146 (25%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 92 (16%) · **■** Marginal 30 (5%)

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 Bongaon

- Dharmmapur1,793 people
- Petrapol1,778 people
- Naraharipur1,759 people
- Manikgram Chak1,758 people
- Shimulia1,745 people
- Unai1,740 people
- Chinili1,736 people
- Dakshin Charuigachhi1,715 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sholka Durgapur?1,756 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sholka Durgapur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sholka Durgapur?76.3% (Census 2011)