# Shijua Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Shijua

Shijua is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **595 people in 129 households**, the 104th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 595people (2011)
- 129households
- 76.3%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shijua

Of every 100 households in Shijua in 2011, 88 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shijua · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****63%**

**62%

Television ****21%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**22%

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 Shijua?

■ Shijua · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.3%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****778**

**963

Working population ****30.4%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 66.0% for women. 55% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 86 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 7 (4%) · **■** Marginal 85 (47%)

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

- Durgapur644 people
- Gazipur Kismat643 people
- Beldangri615 people
- Khanipur598 people
- Mukundapur577 people
- Solakhia576 people
- Doyasti555 people
- Barampura547 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 Shijua?595 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shijua in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shijua?76.3% (Census 2011)