# Shankrari Village, Gopiballavpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gopiballavpur - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Shankrari

Shankrari is a village in Gopiballavpur - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **666 people in 169 households**, the 49th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 666people (2011)
- 169households
- 78.5%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankrari

Of every 100 households in Shankrari in 2011, 9 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shankrari · ■ Gopiballavpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****6%**

**95%

Use banking services ****19%**

**50%

Television ****4%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****52%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Shankrari?

■ Shankrari · ■ Gopiballavpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.5%**

**71.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****765**

**940

Working population ****37.5%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 68.3% for women. 56% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 34 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 171 (68%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 41 (16%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 Gopiballavpur - II

- Gurma694 people
- Ohardanga Tikaitpur680 people
- Uttar Tentulia671 people
- Pithapur667 people
- Jhatiara665 people
- Raipal641 people
- Bandar Diha638 people
- Ghutia637 people

[All 192 villages in Gopiballavpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/gopiballavpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankrari?666 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankrari in?Paschim Medinipur district (Gopiballavpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shankrari?78.5% (Census 2011)