# Shanka Village, Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya 

# Shanka

Shanka is a village in Raghunathpur - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,233 people in 804 households**, the 2nd largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 4,233people (2011)
- 804households
- 68.0%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shanka

Of every 100 households in Shanka in 2011, 35 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shanka · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**89%

Tap water ****32%**

**27%

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

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****46%**

**71%

Use banking services ****90%**

**46%

Television ****20%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**22%

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 Shanka?

■ Shanka · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.0%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****945**

**964

Working population ****32.6%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.4% for men and 55.7% for women. 50% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 81 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 166 (12%) · **■** Household industry 19 (1%) · **■** Other work 437 (32%) · **■** Marginal 675 (49%)

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 Raghunathpur - I

- Paschim Bero5,699 people
- Senara3,638 people
- Nanduara3,420 people
- Durmut3,261 people
- Churmi3,079 people

[All 102 villages in Raghunathpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/raghunathpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shanka?4,233 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shanka in?Puruliya district (Raghunathpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shanka?68.0% (Census 2011)