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

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Shitalpur

Shitalpur is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **658 people in 132 households**, the 100th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 658people (2011)
- 132households
- 80.4%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shitalpur

Of every 100 households in Shitalpur in 2011, 30 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shitalpur · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**13%

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

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****70%**

**37%

Television ****7%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**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 Shitalpur?

■ Shitalpur · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.4%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****884**

**959

Working population ****28.9%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 71.7% for women. 54% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 51 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 75 (39%) · **■** Other work 37 (19%) · **■** Marginal 27 (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 Ghatal

- Hemantapur698 people
- Mamrajpur688 people
- Narayanchak681 people
- Mandarpur677 people
- Krishnaballabhpur646 people
- Prasadchak640 people
- Chaulisinghapur615 people
- Jaynagar598 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shitalpur?658 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shitalpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shitalpur?80.4% (Census 2011)