# Shankarpur Village, Ramnagar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Shankarpur

Shankarpur is a village in Ramnagar - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **545 people in 98 households**, the 101st largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 545people (2011)
- 98households
- 94.6%literacy
- 1,019females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankarpur

Of every 100 households in Shankarpur in 2011, 48 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Shankarpur · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**9%

Tap water ****7%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**89%

Use banking services ****86%**

**51%

Television ****27%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****25%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**18%

Own their home ****96%**

**95%

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 · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.6%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1019**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1133**

**929

Working population ****27.5%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.8% for men and 90.5% for women. 55% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 4 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (3%) · **■** Other work 92 (61%) · **■** Marginal 50 (33%)

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 Ramnagar - I

- Gadadharpur588 people
- Shukra Shani562 people
- Uttar Basulipat558 people
- Barbatia552 people
- Nardanda530 people
- Jharpadima524 people
- Bakharpur516 people
- Dakshin Kaya515 people

[All 149 villages in Ramnagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankarpur?545 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankarpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shankarpur?94.6% (Census 2011)