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

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Shursa

Shursa is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,447 people in 322 households**, the 50th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,447people (2011)
- 322households
- 64.1%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shursa

Of every 100 households in Shursa in 2011, 49 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shursa · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****34%**

**34%

Television ****17%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**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 Shursa?

■ Shursa · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.1%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**969

Working population ****43.2%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 53.3% for women. 60% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 199 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 71 (11%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 179 (29%) · **■** Marginal 167 (27%)

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

- Chandgaon1,539 people
- Baidan1,509 people
- Dasai1,480 people
- Mrizapur1,472 people
- Jhapail1,445 people
- Madhya Durgapur1,437 people
- Bochadanga1,406 people
- Chak Dilal1,399 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shursa?1,447 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shursa in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shursa?64.1% (Census 2011)