# Shital Pura Village, Nayagram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nayagram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Shital Pura

Shital Pura is a village in Nayagram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,174 people in 284 households**, the 18th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 1,174people (2011)
- 284households
- 53.3%literacy
- 1,049females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shital Pura

Of every 100 households in Shital Pura in 2011, 16 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shital Pura · ■ Nayagram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****5%**

**18%

Television ****3%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**18%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****50%**

**21%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shital Pura?

■ Shital Pura · ■ Nayagram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.3%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1049**

**988

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1167**

**963

Working population ****44.5%**

**49.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.8% for men and 42.1% for women. 61% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 35 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 129 (25%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 95 (18%) · **■** Marginal 253 (48%)

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 Nayagram

- Bara Ningui1,319 people
- Ghora Taria1,286 people
- Garkhelar1,262 people
- Baradhan Sola1,235 people
- Jugisol1,123 people
- Nimai Nagar1,115 people
- Kul Diha1,111 people
- Nara Singha Pur1,086 people

[All 336 villages in Nayagram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/nayagram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shital Pura?1,174 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shital Pura in?Paschim Medinipur district (Nayagram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shital Pura?53.3% (Census 2011)