# Shobhanagar Village, Mathurapur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mathurapur - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Shobhanagar

Shobhanagar is a village in Mathurapur - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **394 people in 82 households**, the 77th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.5%.

- 394people (2011)
- 82households
- 78.0%literacy
- 858females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shobhanagar

Of every 100 households in Shobhanagar in 2011, 38 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shobhanagar · ■ Mathurapur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****0%**

**18%

Television ****22%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****53%**

**46%

Own their home ****88%**

**97%

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 Shobhanagar?

■ Shobhanagar · ■ Mathurapur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.0%**

**73.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****858**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****815**

**982

Working population ****31.7%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 66.9% for women. 53% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 5 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (10%) · **■** Other work 82 (66%) · **■** Marginal 25 (20%)

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 Mathurapur - I

- Uttar Janardanpur524 people
- Kandarpapur520 people
- Daudpur462 people
- Radhanagar408 people
- Rajarampur378 people
- Narayanpur375 people
- Uttar Shibpur351 people
- Daulatabad345 people

[All 95 villages in Mathurapur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/mathurapur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shobhanagar?394 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shobhanagar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Mathurapur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shobhanagar?78.0% (Census 2011)