# Shankarpur Village, Sutahata, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sutahata, Purba Medinipur 

# Shankarpur

Shankarpur is a village in Sutahata sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **595 people in 117 households**, the 66th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.2%.

- 595people (2011)
- 117households
- 83.2%literacy
- 1,038females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankarpur

Of every 100 households in Shankarpur in 2011, 71 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 89 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shankarpur · ■ Sutahata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**49%

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

**76%

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

**20%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**90%

Use banking services ****87%**

**38%

Television ****47%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****89%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****5%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**29%

Own their home ****97%**

**93%

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 · ■ Sutahata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.2%**

**85.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1038**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1129**

**974

Working population ****46.6%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 76.1% for women. 67% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 17 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (6%) · **■** Other work 158 (57%) · **■** Marginal 86 (31%)

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 Sutahata

- Dakshin Gobindpur728 people
- Raghunathpur670 people
- Junate669 people
- Bara Talia638 people
- Anarpur504 people
- Mathrapur440 people
- Gouragapur436 people
- Sadaram Chak420 people

[All 80 villages in Sutahata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sutahata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankarpur?595 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankarpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Sutahata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shankarpur?83.2% (Census 2011)