# Shakdaha Village, Swarupnagar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Swarupnagar, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Shakdaha

Shakdaha is a village in Swarupnagar sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,794 people in 657 households**, the 30th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 2,794people (2011)
- 657households
- 71.0%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shakdaha

Of every 100 households in Shakdaha in 2011, 35 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shakdaha · ■ Swarupnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**70%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**25%

Tap water ****17%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**24%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**95%

Use banking services ****40%**

**34%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**24%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Shakdaha?

■ Shakdaha · ■ Swarupnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.0%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1128**

**956

Working population ****36.5%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.1% for men and 68.9% for women. 62% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 194 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 219 (21%) · **■** Household industry 15 (1%) · **■** Other work 57 (6%) · **■** Marginal 535 (52%)

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

- Gunrajpur3,725 people
- Tarali3,151 people
- Patua2,866 people
- Diara2,794 people
- Chituri2,586 people
- Mirzapur2,526 people
- Keotali2,461 people
- Kapileshwarpur2,403 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 Shakdaha?2,794 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shakdaha in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Swarupnagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shakdaha?71.0% (Census 2011)