# Shankarpur Village, Contai - III – Population & Literacy

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Shankarpur

Shankarpur is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **541 people in 118 households**, the 104th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 541people (2011)
- 118households
- 95.1%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankarpur

Of every 100 households in Shankarpur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shankarpur · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****97%**

**42%

Television ****18%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**27%

Own their home ****99%**

**94%

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 Shankarpur?

■ Shankarpur · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.1%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1115**

**948

Working population ****31.2%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 99.6% for men and 90.4% for women. 57% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 32 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (9%) · **■** Household industry 6 (4%) · **■** Other work 109 (64%) · **■** Marginal 7 (4%)

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 Contai - III

- Rasulpur561 people
- Dakshin Kancheswar557 people
- Phaodar Chak555 people
- Bahulya548 people
- Karaldanij Karalda535 people
- Uttar Rampur534 people
- Chandbaria529 people
- Kashmili526 people

[All 166 villages in Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankarpur?541 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankarpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shankarpur?95.1% (Census 2011)