# Shankarpur Village, Haroa – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Haroa, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Shankarpur

Shankarpur is a village in Haroa sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,364 people in 911 households**, the 14th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 4,364people (2011)
- 911households
- 74.8%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankarpur

Of every 100 households in Shankarpur in 2011, 25 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shankarpur · ■ Haroa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**15%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**32%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****46%**

**39%

Television ****10%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****32%**

**31%

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 Shankarpur?

■ Shankarpur · ■ Haroa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**947

Working population ****32.0%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 72.7% for women. 56% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 153 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 488 (35%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 561 (40%) · **■** Marginal 183 (13%)

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 Haroa

- Jampur4,863 people
- Dhantala4,567 people
- Laugachhi4,540 people
- Kalikapur4,378 people
- Bhayda3,933 people
- Radhanagar3,420 people
- Munsi Gheri3,314 people
- Radhanagar Abhirampur3,237 people

[All 90 villages in Haroa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/haroa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankarpur?4,364 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankarpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Haroa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shankarpur?74.8% (Census 2011)