# Shukpukuria Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Shukpukuria

Shukpukuria is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,615 people in 392 households**, the 93rd largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 1,615people (2011)
- 392households
- 88.5%literacy
- 869females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shukpukuria

Of every 100 households in Shukpukuria in 2011, 44 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Shukpukuria · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**19%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**56%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**92%

Use banking services ****8%**

**38%

Television ****18%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

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

**22%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Shukpukuria?

■ Shukpukuria · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.5%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****869**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****742**

**962

Working population ****35.3%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.7% for men and 84.9% for women. 61% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 159 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 138 (24%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 171 (30%) · **■** Marginal 100 (18%)

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

- Dwarbasini1,668 people
- Shrirampur1,652 people
- Harishpur Chak1,637 people
- Satashi1,637 people
- Naoda1,604 people
- Saishpur1,603 people
- Kharua Rajapur1,591 people
- Dakshin Kanakpur1,547 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 Shukpukuria?1,615 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shukpukuria in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shukpukuria?88.5% (Census 2011)