# Shampur Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Shampur

Shampur is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **317 people in 68 households**, the 163rd largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 317people (2011)
- 68households
- 62.5%literacy
- 1,072females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shampur

Of every 100 households in Shampur in 2011, 60 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shampur · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**30%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**6%

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

**3%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****75%**

**50%

Television ****9%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Shampur?

■ Shampur · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.5%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1072**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2200**

**937

Working population ****52.1%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 48.1% for women. 56% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 3 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 4 (2%) · **■** Marginal 154 (93%)

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 Kashipur

- Suaria341 people
- Guhagara340 people
- Saldiha330 people
- Karanberia318 people
- Dalalata313 people
- Dhulapahari305 people
- Jihurbana295 people
- Ledagora295 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shampur?317 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shampur in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shampur?62.5% (Census 2011)