# Arshikri Village, Swarupnagar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Swarupnagar, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Arshikri

Arshikri is a village in Swarupnagar sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **903 people in 242 households**, the 61st largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 903people (2011)
- 242households
- 83.5%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Arshikri

Of every 100 households in Arshikri in 2011, 11 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Arshikri · ■ Swarupnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**70%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**25%

Tap water ****0%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**24%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****40%**

**34%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

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

**24%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Arshikri?

■ Arshikri · ■ Swarupnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.5%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****830**

**956

Working population ****55.7%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.9% for men and 76.4% for women. 65% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 137 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (17%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 62 (12%) · **■** Marginal 210 (42%)

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 Swarupnagar

- Saguna1,184 people
- Bagghata1,052 people
- Saiyadkati1,020 people
- Maminpur946 people
- Sonpur822 people
- Sarparajpurgabarda777 people
- Srinathpur751 people
- Laskarpota542 people

[All 65 villages in Swarupnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/swarupnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Arshikri?903 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Arshikri in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Swarupnagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Arshikri?83.5% (Census 2011)