# Shibpur Village, Namkhana – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Namkhana, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Shibpur

Shibpur is a village in Namkhana sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,269 people in 1,386 households**, the 13th largest of 34 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.7%.

- 6,269people (2011)
- 1,386households
- 88.1%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shibpur

Of every 100 households in Shibpur in 2011, 27 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shibpur · ■ Namkhana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**26%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**90%

Use banking services ****44%**

**41%

Television ****13%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**37%

Own their home ****92%**

**92%

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 Shibpur?

■ Shibpur · ■ Namkhana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.1%**

**85.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****980**

**959

Working population ****37.5%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.2% for men and 82.7% for women. 57% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 478 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 111 (5%) · **■** Household industry 9 (0%) · **■** Other work 559 (24%) · **■** Marginal 1,195 (51%)

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 Namkhana

- Patibania6,987 people
- Amrabati6,675 people
- Ganesnagar6,635 people
- Debnagar6,582 people
- Sibnagar Abad6,045 people
- Phatikpur5,888 people
- Dakshin Chandranagar5,719 people
- Kusumtala5,663 people

[All 39 villages in Namkhana](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/namkhana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shibpur?6,269 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shibpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Namkhana sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shibpur?88.1% (Census 2011)