# Shripur Village, Gaighata – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Shripur

Shripur is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,302 people in 519 households**, the 47th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 2,302people (2011)
- 519households
- 72.8%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shripur

Of every 100 households in Shripur in 2011, 34 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shripur · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**59%

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

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**3%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**46%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****24%**

**47%

Television ****10%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****17%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shripur?

■ Shripur · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**965

Working population ****40.7%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 67.3% for women. 60% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 256 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 540 (58%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 80 (9%) · **■** Marginal 57 (6%)

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 Gaighata

- Charuigachhi2,548 people
- Kahankia2,391 people
- Gadadharpur2,380 people
- Tili2,357 people
- Jaytara2,228 people
- Matikomra2,193 people
- Gutri2,141 people
- Bharadanga2,127 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shripur?2,302 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shripur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shripur?72.8% (Census 2011)