# Shara Shanka Village, Dantan - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Shara Shanka

Shara Shanka is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **667 people in 159 households**, the 98th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 667people (2011)
- 159households
- 61.1%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shara Shanka

Of every 100 households in Shara Shanka in 2011, 35 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 12 a car.

■ Shara Shanka · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**97%

Use banking services ****6%**

**62%

Television ****19%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****12%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**22%

Own their home ****80%**

**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 Shara Shanka?

■ Shara Shanka · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.1%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****894**

**963

Working population ****37.2%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.7% for men and 50.9% for women. 58% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 40 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 102 (41%) · **■** Household industry 9 (4%) · **■** Other work 62 (25%) · **■** Marginal 35 (14%)

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 Dantan - I

- Garadpur698 people
- Mani Kara697 people
- Dhanhalia681 people
- Kunjapur679 people
- Kunja Baghra649 people
- Durgapur644 people
- Gazipur Kismat643 people
- Beldangri615 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shara Shanka?667 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shara Shanka in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shara Shanka?61.1% (Census 2011)