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

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Village · Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya 

# Shikratanr

Shikratanr is a village in Raghunathpur - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **511 people in 109 households**, the 55th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 511people (2011)
- 109households
- 64.1%literacy
- 1,012females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shikratanr

Of every 100 households in Shikratanr in 2011, 22 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shikratanr · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**89%

Tap water ****5%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**9%

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

**5%

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

**71%

Use banking services ****71%**

**46%

Television ****11%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**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 Shikratanr?

■ Shikratanr · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.1%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1012**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1821**

**964

Working population ****35.2%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.5% for men and 53.9% for women. 52% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 72 (40%) · **■** Other work 26 (14%) · **■** Marginal 82 (46%)

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

- Dabar563 people
- Dulalpur553 people
- Narator552 people
- Jayramdi522 people
- Amtor491 people
- Manikpur481 people
- Juludi478 people
- Shimlon476 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shikratanr?511 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shikratanr in?Puruliya district (Raghunathpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shikratanr?64.1% (Census 2011)