# Purba Shankarpur Village, Kaliaganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Purba Shankarpur

Purba Shankarpur is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **293 people in 58 households**, the 174th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 293people (2011)
- 58households
- 72.4%literacy
- 866females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Shankarpur

Of every 100 households in Purba Shankarpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Shankarpur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****22%**

**34%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**20%

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 Purba Shankarpur?

■ Purba Shankarpur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****866**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**969

Working population ****51.9%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 55.0% for women. 57% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 133 (88%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 10 (7%) · **■** Marginal 6 (4%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Dhekipara Mahesdangi333 people
- Nischintapur324 people
- Bharkul319 people
- Khiltor301 people
- Rasidpur286 people
- Haldibari284 people
- Karaipur278 people
- Khurkhuria255 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Shankarpur?293 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Shankarpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Shankarpur?72.4% (Census 2011)