# Shamrola Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Shamrola

Shamrola is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **758 people in 158 households**, the 90th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 758people (2011)
- 158households
- 68.4%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shamrola

Of every 100 households in Shamrola in 2011, 10 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shamrola · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****47%**

**41%

Television ****4%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shamrola?

■ Shamrola · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****797**

**957

Working population ****58.6%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 47.0% for women. 58% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 107 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (11%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 56 (13%) · **■** Marginal 224 (50%)

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 Barabazar

- Panjanbera793 people
- Baistamdih788 people
- Gobindapur774 people
- Tasarbanki774 people
- Bhagabandh749 people
- Palma746 people
- Hullung723 people
- Rangamatia709 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shamrola?758 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shamrola in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shamrola?68.4% (Census 2011)