# Shirshi Village, Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur 

# Shirshi

Shirshi is a village in Sankrail sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **129 people in 28 households**, the 221st largest of 247 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 129people (2011)
- 28households
- 60.0%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shirshi

Of every 100 households in Shirshi in 2011, 36 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shirshi · ■ Sankrail rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****68%**

**51%

Television ****4%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**19%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Shirshi?

■ Shirshi · ■ Sankrail rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.0%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**973

Working population ****59.7%**

**45.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 39.6% for women. 62% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 14 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (13%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 52 (68%)

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 Sankrail

- Bankati145 people
- Dangarsari144 people
- Randebpur144 people
- Brahmanganj134 people
- Khorda128 people
- Mangalmari123 people
- Sapua Sarulia Karki123 people
- Khas Jangal122 people

[All 287 villages in Sankrail](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sankrail/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shirshi?129 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shirshi in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sankrail sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shirshi?60.0% (Census 2011)