# Shilarajnagar Village, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Shilarajnagar

Shilarajnagar is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,082 people in 849 households**, the 9th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 4,082people (2011)
- 849households
- 83.4%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shilarajnagar

Of every 100 households in Shilarajnagar in 2011, 74 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shilarajnagar · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****38%**

**37%

Television ****40%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Shilarajnagar?

■ Shilarajnagar · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.4%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**959

Working population ****34.8%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.8% for men and 75.7% for women. 62% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 375 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 145 (10%) · **■** Household industry 46 (3%) · **■** Other work 540 (38%) · **■** Marginal 313 (22%)

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 Ghatal

- Dirghagram4,513 people
- Erpala4,503 people
- Sultanpur4,206 people
- Ratneshwar Bati4,176 people
- Dwandbipur4,060 people
- Katan3,752 people
- Ajabnagar3,682 people
- Shyamsundarpur3,522 people

[All 145 villages in Ghatal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/ghatal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shilarajnagar?4,082 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shilarajnagar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shilarajnagar?83.4% (Census 2011)