# Sholpeta Village, Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Sholpeta

Sholpeta is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **363 people in 92 households**, the 121st largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 363people (2011)
- 92households
- 92.2%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sholpeta

Of every 100 households in Sholpeta in 2011, 7 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sholpeta · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**39%

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

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****42%**

**46%

Television ****9%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****35%**

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Sholpeta?

■ Sholpeta · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.2%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****429**

**932

Working population ****33.1%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 84.0% for women. 60% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 66 (55%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (6%) · **■** Household industry 4 (3%) · **■** Other work 11 (9%) · **■** Marginal 32 (27%)

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

- Madhabasan443 people
- Mirjapur420 people
- Haridaspur408 people
- Bajitpur371 people
- Chakdebi354 people
- Kallubar343 people
- Gobardhanpur327 people
- Paschim Jali305 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 Sholpeta?363 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sholpeta in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sholpeta?92.2% (Census 2011)