# Shamukgarya Village, Hura, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hura, Puruliya 

# Shamukgarya

Shamukgarya is a village in Hura sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,037 people in 236 households**, the 49th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,037people (2011)
- 236households
- 71.5%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shamukgarya

Of every 100 households in Shamukgarya in 2011, 12 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shamukgarya · ■ Hura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**25%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**5%

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

**3%

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

**75%

Use banking services ****61%**

**41%

Television ****2%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**25%

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 Shamukgarya?

■ Shamukgarya · ■ Hura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**68.8%

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

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****644**

**954

Working population ****53.8%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 56.6% for women. 52% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 30 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (4%) · **■** Other work 117 (21%) · **■** Marginal 387 (69%)

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 Hura

- Dandudi1,131 people
- Karandi1,101 people
- Deshra1,097 people
- Kusumjuria1,057 people
- Dumdumi1,030 people
- Shyamaluta1,012 people
- Bara Panjania960 people
- Ledadi958 people

[All 116 villages in Hura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/hura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shamukgarya?1,037 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shamukgarya in?Puruliya district (Hura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shamukgarya?71.5% (Census 2011)