# Shunka Village, Keshiary, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshiary, Paschim Medinipur 

# Shunka

Shunka is a village in Keshiary sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **19 people in 4 households**, the 200th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.8%.

- 19people (2011)
- 4households
- 78.9%literacy
- 1,714females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shunka

Of every 100 households in Shunka in 2011, 25 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shunka · ■ Keshiary rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**20%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****100%**

**41%

Television ****25%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****25%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**24%

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 Shunka?

■ Shunka · ■ Keshiary rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.9%**

**76.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1714**

**974

Working population ****63.2%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 66.7% for women. 86% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (8%) · **■** Marginal 11 (92%)

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 Keshiary

- Kismat Telichatul70 people
- Ambi68 people
- Kaldiha44 people
- Parula22 people
- Chhatrapara10 people
- Telichatul3 people

[All 220 villages in Keshiary](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshiary/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shunka?19 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shunka in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshiary sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shunka?78.9% (Census 2011)