# Shuknash Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Shuknash

Shuknash is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **308 people in 52 households**, the 351st largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 308people (2011)
- 52households
- 90.9%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shuknash

Of every 100 households in Shuknash in 2011, 90 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shuknash · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

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

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****50%**

**58%

Television ****14%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**18%

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 Shuknash?

■ Shuknash · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.9%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1240**

**960

Working population ****32.1%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.2% for men and 86.7% for women. 55% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 91 (92%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 7 (7%)

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 Keshpur

- Sindrakola311 people
- Padima310 people
- Ramakata309 people
- Naldiha308 people
- Kali Nagar305 people
- Krishnapat305 people
- Mukti Chak305 people
- Akna302 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shuknash?308 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shuknash in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shuknash?90.9% (Census 2011)