# Shakrpur Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Shakrpur

Shakrpur is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **403 people in 99 households**, the 155th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 403people (2011)
- 99households
- 68.0%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shakrpur

Of every 100 households in Shakrpur in 2011, 10 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shakrpur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****96%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****0%**

**34%

Television ****13%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**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 Shakrpur?

■ Shakrpur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.0%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**969

Working population ****43.7%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.8% for men and 63.0% for women. 58% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 46 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 100 (57%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 27 (15%)

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

- Balaramppur460 people
- Dhanaitor449 people
- Dhanipukur422 people
- Madhupur406 people
- Maljum393 people
- Uttar Durgapur389 people
- Khail385 people
- Bansihara381 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shakrpur?403 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shakrpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shakrpur?68.0% (Census 2011)