# Shilingda Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Shilingda

Shilingda is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **369 people in 82 households**, the 92nd largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 369people (2011)
- 82households
- 48.5%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shilingda

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

■ Shilingda · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**8%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****0%**

**30%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****100%**

**27%

Own their home ****96%**

**98%

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 Shilingda?

■ Shilingda · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.5%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****838**

**951

Working population ****52.8%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.9% for men and 31.5% for women. 53% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 10 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (5%) · **■** Other work 62 (32%) · **■** Marginal 114 (58%)

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 Bagmundi

- Punia Shasan430 people
- Gorait Sakra426 people
- Kalha422 people
- Uttamdi Alias Rengtudi404 people
- Telia Bhasa367 people
- Basudi352 people
- Khudidi337 people
- Churki319 people

[All 142 villages in Bagmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bagmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shilingda?369 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shilingda in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shilingda?48.5% (Census 2011)