# Shikarpur Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Shikarpur

Shikarpur is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,499 people in 291 households**, the 91st largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,499people (2011)
- 291households
- 61.1%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shikarpur

Of every 100 households in Shikarpur in 2011, 25 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shikarpur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****85%**

**60%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**96%

Use banking services ****33%**

**19%

Television ****14%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**28%

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 Shikarpur?

■ Shikarpur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.1%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****920**

**943

Working population ****36.6%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.3% for men and 49.8% for women. 53% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 89 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 151 (28%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 256 (47%) · **■** Marginal 39 (7%)

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 Karandighi

- Sima Anandapur1,563 people
- Damdama1,552 people
- Khatrabari1,543 people
- Balchiar1,536 people
- Alampur1,481 people
- Dhanpara1,445 people
- Borra1,433 people
- Minapur1,433 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shikarpur?1,499 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shikarpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shikarpur?61.1% (Census 2011)