# Shipur Village, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Shipur

Shipur is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,399 people in 491 households**, the 20th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 2,399people (2011)
- 491households
- 88.9%literacy
- 1,013females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shipur

Of every 100 households in Shipur in 2011, 57 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shipur · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**10%

Tap water ****23%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**40%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****45%**

**37%

Television ****28%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Shipur?

■ Shipur · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.9%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1102**

**926

Working population ****36.1%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.3% for men and 82.5% for women. 64% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 326 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 208 (24%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 78 (9%) · **■** Marginal 241 (28%)

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 Egra - I

- Puranda2,535 people
- Erendabar2,467 people
- Sarrang2,448 people
- Bolkushda2,403 people
- Sahara2,378 people
- Baranehari2,302 people
- Shwnia2,221 people
- Jamki2,175 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shipur?2,399 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shipur in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shipur?88.9% (Census 2011)