# Shikarbar Village, Ramnagar - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Ramnagar - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Shikarbar

Shikarbar is a village in Ramnagar - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **340 people in 74 households**, the 99th largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.4%.

- 340people (2011)
- 74households
- 89.6%literacy
- 771females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shikarbar

Of every 100 households in Shikarbar in 2011, 90 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Shikarbar · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**91%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**8%

Tap water ****26%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**91%

Use banking services ****68%**

**45%

Television ****40%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**23%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Shikarbar?

■ Shikarbar · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.6%**

**89.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****771**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1400**

**981

Working population ****42.4%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.0% for men and 83.6% for women. 58% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (5%) · **■** Other work 19 (13%) · **■** Marginal 116 (81%)

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

- Gopal Chak361 people
- Kismat Haurburi354 people
- Purbba Gadhadharpur349 people
- Amritbar346 people
- Radhapur339 people
- Dumana Paikbar326 people
- Khojabar314 people
- Dhanubar313 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 Shikarbar?340 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shikarbar in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shikarbar?89.6% (Census 2011)