Village · Mandirbazar, South Twenty Four Parganas
# Paschim Sankarpur

Paschim Sankarpur is a village in Mandirbazar sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 645 people in 158 households, the 81st largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.6%.
- 645 people (2011)
- 158 households
- 83.8% literacy
- 925 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paschim Sankarpur

Of every 100 households in Paschim Sankarpur in 2011, 31 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paschim Sankarpur · ■ Mandirbazar rural average
- Electricity for lighting 31% 34%
- Toilet within the home 43% 40%
- No toilet (open defecation) 57% 58%
- Tap water 0% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 1%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 94%
- Use banking services 18% 28%
- Television 18% 20%
- Mobile phone 44% 38%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 40% 44%
- Own their home 99% 95%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Paschim Sankarpur?

■ Paschim Sankarpur · ■ Mandirbazar rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 83.8% 75.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 925 944
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1229 960
- Working population 33.8% 33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.0% for men and 73.4% for women. 63% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 1 (0%) · ■ Farm labourers 6 (3%) · ■ Household industry 3 (1%) · ■ Other work 25 (11%) · ■ Marginal 183 (84%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Mandirbazar
- Dhopahat 788 people
- Mandabtala 728 people
- Dakshin Raghunathpur 694 people
- Inayetpur 655 people
- Panchanan 632 people
- Khordasadashibpur 628 people
- Kalinga 621 people
- Haridebpur 619 people

All 110 villages in Mandirbazar

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Paschim Sankarpur? 645 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paschim Sankarpur in? South Twenty Four Parganas district (Mandirbazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paschim Sankarpur? 83.8% (Census 2011)

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