# Shankapara Village, Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Shankapara

Shankapara is a village in Mohanpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **572 people in 118 households**, the 67th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 572people (2011)
- 118households
- 70.7%literacy
- 894females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankapara

Of every 100 households in Shankapara in 2011, 65 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Shankapara · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**40%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****64%**

**43%

Television ****16%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Shankapara?

■ Shankapara · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****894**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**946

Working population ****34.3%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 61.3% for women. 62% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 67 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 118 (60%) · **■** Other work 10 (5%) · **■** Marginal 1 (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 Mohanpur

- Malpara655 people
- Chakrapada651 people
- Dobaria612 people
- Kukuria594 people
- Mukundapur554 people
- Garra548 people
- Mitinia540 people
- Palua535 people

[All 103 villages in Mohanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/mohanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankapara?572 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankapara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Mohanpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shankapara?70.7% (Census 2011)