# Shurya Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Shurya

Shurya is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **150 people in 35 households**, the 164th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 150people (2011)
- 35households
- 73.3%literacy
- 1,174females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shurya

Of every 100 households in Shurya in 2011, 89 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shurya · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****37%**

**60%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**0%

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 Shurya?

■ Shurya · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.3%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1174**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1714**

**942

Working population ****58.7%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 68.1% for women. 71% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 28 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (24%) · **■** Household industry 7 (8%) · **■** Other work 4 (5%) · **■** Marginal 28 (32%)

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 Pingla

- Chak Lal177 people
- Chak Gokul158 people
- Dhaneshwarpur Jamua152 people
- Simulia Dangerurf Kajichak151 people
- Alygerya114 people
- Lona Chajuri109 people
- Jankha100 people
- Karkai Batitaki urf Karabhanga99 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shurya?150 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shurya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shurya?73.3% (Census 2011)