# Shankar Gerya Village, Potashpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Shankar Gerya

Shankar Gerya is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **785 people in 163 households**, the 72nd largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 785people (2011)
- 163households
- 84.7%literacy
- 830females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankar Gerya

Of every 100 households in Shankar Gerya in 2011, 20 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shankar Gerya · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****40%**

**46%

Television ****7%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****25%**

**30%

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 Shankar Gerya?

■ Shankar Gerya · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.7%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****830**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****771**

**932

Working population ****27.1%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.8% for men and 77.4% for women. 49% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 130 (61%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (30%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 14 (7%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Dangar Tulshi823 people
- Satbahini804 people
- Kulrakhi797 people
- Gabdangar793 people
- Bishwanathpur779 people
- Chak Gopal778 people
- Kunja Berya765 people
- Barmu Khal764 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankar Gerya?785 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankar Gerya in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shankar Gerya?84.7% (Census 2011)