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

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Shutia

Shutia is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,977 people in 698 households**, the 35th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 2,977people (2011)
- 698households
- 68.3%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shutia

Of every 100 households in Shutia in 2011, 28 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Shutia · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**3%

Tap water ****9%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****30%**

**47%

Television ****16%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****27%**

**17%

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 Shutia?

■ Shutia · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.3%**

**81.4%

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

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****919**

**965

Working population ****46.7%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.0% for men and 62.3% for women. 64% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 123 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 498 (36%) · **■** Household industry 43 (3%) · **■** Other work 249 (18%) · **■** Marginal 476 (34%)

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

- Shimulia3,169 people
- Baikara3,056 people
- Chandigar3,051 people
- Subidpur3,029 people
- Duma2,976 people
- Manikhira2,898 people
- Ambaula2,794 people
- Bhaduria2,793 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 Shutia?2,977 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shutia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shutia?68.3% (Census 2011)