# Shwetpur Village, Deganga – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Deganga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Shwetpur

Shwetpur is a village in Deganga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,989 people in 926 households**, the 24th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.5%.

- 3,989people (2011)
- 926households
- 77.5%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shwetpur

Of every 100 households in Shwetpur in 2011, 26 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Shwetpur · ■ Deganga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**8%

Tap water ****11%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**90%

Use banking services ****50%**

**42%

Television ****26%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 · ■ Deganga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**79.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1075**

**969

Working population ****36.7%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 74.8% for women. 60% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 310 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 271 (19%) · **■** Household industry 44 (3%) · **■** Other work 628 (43%) · **■** Marginal 209 (14%)

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 Deganga

- Khejurdanga4,370 people
- Jhikra4,315 people
- Fazilpur4,084 people
- Belgachhia4,026 people
- Gobardhanpur3,985 people
- Dogachhia3,915 people
- Kamdebkati3,893 people
- Basna Benapur3,862 people

[All 107 villages in Deganga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/deganga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shwetpur?3,989 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shwetpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Deganga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shwetpur?77.5% (Census 2011)