# Shitalpur Village, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Shitalpur

Shitalpur is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **496 people in 92 households**, the 197th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 37.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 496people (2011)
- 92households
- 37.2%literacy
- 784females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shitalpur

Of every 100 households in Shitalpur in 2011, 30 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shitalpur · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**27%

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

**32%

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

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**72%

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

**4%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****10%**

**24%

Television ****10%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Shitalpur?

■ Shitalpur · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****37.2%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****784**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****608**

**939

Working population ****43.5%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 44.5% for men and 28.3% for women. 56% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 42 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (18%) · **■** Other work 40 (19%) · **■** Marginal 95 (44%)

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 Raiganj

- Samalgram521 people
- Ganeshpur516 people
- Durgapur504 people
- Nuripur504 people
- Paschim Shankarpur480 people
- Sarua470 people
- Fazilpur465 people
- Sangram464 people

[All 222 villages in Raiganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/raiganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shitalpur?496 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shitalpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shitalpur?37.2% (Census 2011)