# Uttar Shankarpur Village, Kaliaganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Uttar Shankarpur

Uttar Shankarpur is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,088 people in 251 households**, the 77th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,088people (2011)
- 251households
- 74.9%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Shankarpur

Of every 100 households in Uttar Shankarpur in 2011, 22 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Uttar Shankarpur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**23%

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

**17%

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

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****23%**

**34%

Television ****10%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Uttar Shankarpur?

■ Uttar Shankarpur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.9%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1114**

**969

Working population ****37.6%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 69.3% for women. 56% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 98 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 286 (70%) · **■** Other work 16 (4%) · **■** Marginal 9 (2%)

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

- Chapair1,113 people
- Kushgram1,097 people
- Hariharpur1,094 people
- Sahapur1,088 people
- Pachakandar1,076 people
- Radhikapur1,057 people
- Randhanipara1,057 people
- Kachna1,042 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uttar Shankarpur?1,088 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Shankarpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Shankarpur?74.9% (Census 2011)