# Shunia Village, Deshopran, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Shunia

Shunia is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **908 people in 180 households**, the 79th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 908people (2011)
- 180households
- 95.1%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shunia

Of every 100 households in Shunia in 2011, 32 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shunia · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****98%**

**35%

Television ****9%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****1%**

**30%

Own their home ****85%**

**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 Shunia?

■ Shunia · ■ Deshopran rural average

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

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1177**

**949

Working population ****37.7%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.2% for men and 91.8% for women. 61% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 31 (9%) · **■** Marginal 299 (87%)

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 Deshopran

- Mahammadpur977 people
- Baijapur936 people
- Ghoraghata925 people
- Ghoshpur921 people
- Umapati Bar904 people
- Bankipur841 people
- Durgapur825 people
- Phulbani825 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shunia?908 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shunia in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shunia?95.1% (Census 2011)