# Shaulan Village, Daspur - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Daspur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Shaulan

Shaulan is a village in Daspur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **964 people in 249 households**, the 99th largest of 157 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.0%.

- 964people (2011)
- 249households
- 82.9%literacy
- 1,055females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shaulan

Of every 100 households in Shaulan in 2011, 48 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shaulan · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**38%

Tap water ****17%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****16%**

**59%

Television ****17%**

**36%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**13%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Shaulan?

■ Shaulan · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.9%**

**84.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1055**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1167**

**972

Working population ****36.1%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.6% for men and 74.5% for women. 65% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 102 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (11%) · **■** Household industry 50 (14%) · **■** Other work 107 (31%) · **■** Marginal 50 (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 Daspur - I

- Jadupur979 people
- Ramdebpur976 people
- Baidyapur974 people
- Arkhana Uttar969 people
- Krshornagar955 people
- Tiorberya926 people
- Baneshwarpur909 people
- Gadaipur868 people

[All 162 villages in Daspur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/daspur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shaulan?964 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shaulan in?Paschim Medinipur district (Daspur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shaulan?82.9% (Census 2011)