# Sherpur Village, Ramnagar - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ramnagar - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Sherpur

Sherpur is a village in Ramnagar - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **730 people in 138 households**, the 72nd largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.4%.

- 730people (2011)
- 138households
- 95.5%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sherpur

Of every 100 households in Sherpur in 2011, 58 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sherpur · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**46%

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

**91%

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

**8%

Tap water ****0%**

**18%

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

**4%

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

**1%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****41%**

**45%

Television ****25%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Sherpur?

■ Sherpur · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.5%**

**89.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**981

Working population ****33.2%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 99.4% for men and 90.9% for women. 58% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 47 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 71 (29%) · **■** Other work 83 (34%) · **■** Marginal 41 (17%)

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 - II

- Lachhandrapur793 people
- Phulbari738 people
- Shonamui736 people
- Kasafaltalya731 people
- Ramchandra Nagar716 people
- Sona Muhi712 people
- Dakshin Kalayanpur711 people
- Kalikapur675 people

[All 137 villages in Ramnagar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sherpur?730 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sherpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sherpur?95.5% (Census 2011)