# Shishai Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Shishai

Shishai is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,512 people in 296 households**, the 68th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,512people (2011)
- 296households
- 62.4%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shishai

Of every 100 households in Shishai in 2011, 5 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shishai · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**82%

Tap water ****4%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****13%**

**16%

Television ****1%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shishai?

■ Shishai · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.4%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****944**

**955

Working population ****31.8%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.0% for men and 60.7% for women. 50% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 148 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 101 (21%) · **■** Other work 11 (2%) · **■** Marginal 221 (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 Itahar

- Subarnapur1,616 people
- Koarpur1,559 people
- Digna1,558 people
- Belua1,516 people
- Gopinathpur1,483 people
- Patirajpur1,458 people
- Kamalpur1,437 people
- Banbol1,435 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shishai?1,512 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shishai in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shishai?62.4% (Census 2011)