# Shonpur Village, Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Shonpur

Shonpur is a village in Ramnagar - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,508 people in 292 households**, the 38th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 1,508people (2011)
- 292households
- 85.4%literacy
- 1,021females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shonpur

Of every 100 households in Shonpur in 2011, 52 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shonpur · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

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

**12%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**89%

Use banking services ****85%**

**51%

Television ****22%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Shonpur?

■ Shonpur · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.4%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****850**

**929

Working population ****35.1%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.2% for men and 78.0% for women. 59% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 144 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 164 (31%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 143 (27%) · **■** Marginal 75 (14%)

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

- Narina1,580 people
- Dakshinshimulia1,543 people
- Bilamria1,516 people
- Hirapur1,514 people
- Alankarpur1,481 people
- Tengramari1,460 people
- Padima1,458 people
- Saiyadpur1,383 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 Shonpur?1,508 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shonpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shonpur?85.4% (Census 2011)