Village · Kharagpur - I, Paschim Medinipur
# Shagpara

Shagpara is a village in Kharagpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 892 people in 195 households, the 57th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.
- 892 people (2011)
- 195 households
- 55.5% literacy
- 1,000 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shagpara

Of every 100 households in Shagpara in 2011, 45 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shagpara · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 45% 58%
- Toilet within the home 5% 34%
- No toilet (open defecation) 95% 66%
- Tap water 31% 9%
- Drinking water within premises 30% 41%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 9%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 83%
- Use banking services 36% 46%
- Television 22% 28%
- Mobile phone 21% 40%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 13% 15%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 20% 15%
- Own their home 98% 95%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Shagpara?

■ Shagpara · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 55.5% 74.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1000 964
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1556 971
- Working population 60.9% 40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.6% for men and 45.7% for women. 59% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 95 (17%) · ■ Farm labourers 181 (33%) · ■ Other work 14 (3%) · ■ Marginal 253 (47%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Kharagpur - I
- Joygopalpur 922 people
- Sola Dahar 921 people
- Keshiasol 908 people
- Mohanpur 906 people
- Hiradihi 877 people
- Risa 875 people
- Gomariyapal 863 people
- Sanporapara 854 people

All 268 villages in Kharagpur - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Shagpara? 892 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shagpara in? Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shagpara? 55.5% (Census 2011)

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