# Bara Shikarpur Village, Goalpokhar - II – Population

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Village · Goalpokhar - II, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bara Shikarpur

Bara Shikarpur is a village in Goalpokhar - II sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,892 people in 361 households**, the 48th largest of 169 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 46.1%.

- 1,892people (2011)
- 361households
- 47.6%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Shikarpur

Of every 100 households in Bara Shikarpur in 2011, 40 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bara Shikarpur · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**51%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****2%**

**17%

Television ****4%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bara Shikarpur?

■ Bara Shikarpur · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.6%**

**46.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****918**

**958

Working population ****28.5%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.8% for men and 42.4% for women. 50% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 99 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 244 (45%) · **■** Other work 67 (12%) · **■** Marginal 129 (24%)

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 Goalpokhar - II

- Uttar Rampur1,983 people
- Nayanagar1,961 people
- Simulia1,960 people
- Ladhi1,938 people
- Purbba Kamarshal1,855 people
- Chathol1,843 people
- Tarapur1,835 people
- Gerua1,818 people

[All 170 villages in Goalpokhar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Shikarpur?1,892 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Shikarpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Shikarpur?47.6% (Census 2011)