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

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Shurun

Shurun is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,450 people in 794 households**, the 14th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 3,450people (2011)
- 794households
- 51.2%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shurun

Of every 100 households in Shurun in 2011, 29 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shurun · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****12%**

**16%

Television ****8%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**32%

Own their home ****82%**

**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 Shurun?

■ Shurun · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.2%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1058**

**955

Working population ****36.7%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.7% for men and 44.4% for women. 55% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 271 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 545 (43%) · **■** Household industry 50 (4%) · **■** Other work 159 (13%) · **■** Marginal 240 (19%)

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

- Jayahat3,957 people
- Chhilimpur3,941 people
- Palaibari3,752 people
- Bariol3,497 people
- Sohair3,381 people
- Hasua3,358 people
- Balijol3,323 people
- Baidara3,237 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shurun?3,450 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shurun in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shurun?51.2% (Census 2011)