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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Soshilapur

Soshilapur is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,006 people in 186 households**, the 133rd largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,006people (2011)
- 186households
- 50.7%literacy
- 870females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Soshilapur

Of every 100 households in Soshilapur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Soshilapur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**26%

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

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**78%

Tap water ****33%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****12%**

**19%

Television ****9%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Soshilapur?

■ Soshilapur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.7%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****870**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****823**

**943

Working population ****36.1%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.3% for men and 40.9% for women. 49% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 59 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 212 (58%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 66 (18%) · **■** Marginal 23 (6%)

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

- Lodipur1,067 people
- Kalibari1,051 people
- Paschim Goalgaon1,051 people
- Jagadishpur1,030 people
- Saidpur970 people
- Rabanpur969 people
- Khurka963 people
- Piazgaon922 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Soshilapur?1,006 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Soshilapur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Soshilapur?50.7% (Census 2011)