# Shitalpur Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Shitalpur

Shitalpur is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,496 people in 265 households**, the 44th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,496people (2011)
- 265households
- 65.6%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shitalpur

Of every 100 households in Shitalpur in 2011, 11 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shitalpur · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**93%

Tap water ****5%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**84%

Use banking services ****23%**

**41%

Television ****16%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Shitalpur?

■ Shitalpur · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.6%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****891**

**966

Working population ****47.7%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.1% for men and 53.5% for women. 52% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 275 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 125 (18%) · **■** Household industry 50 (7%) · **■** Other work 165 (23%) · **■** Marginal 99 (14%)

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 Purulia - II

- Purda1,593 people
- Singhbazar1,580 people
- Bandhgar1,543 people
- Karcha1,530 people
- Mamurjor1,495 people
- Chepri1,489 people
- Chanchra1,432 people
- Panrkidi Alias Bheladi1,426 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shitalpur?1,496 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shitalpur in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shitalpur?65.6% (Census 2011)