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Shankarpur Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Shankarpur is a large village located in Faridpur Durgapur Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 653 families residing. The Shankarpur village has population of 2915 of which 1525 are males while 1390 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shankarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 274 which makes up 9.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shankarpur village is 911 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shankarpur as per census is 877, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shankarpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shankarpur village was 91.44 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shankarpur Male literacy stands at 95.14 % while female literacy rate was 87.40 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Shankarpur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Shankarpur village.

Shankarpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 653 - -
Population 2,915 1,525 1,390
Child (0-6) 274 146 128
Schedule Caste 523 273 250
Schedule Tribe 45 24 21
Literacy 91.44 % 95.14 % 87.40 %
Total Workers 959 824 135
Main Worker 864 - -
Marginal Worker 95 86 9

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.94 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.54 % of total population in Shankarpur village.

Work Profile

In Shankarpur village out of total population, 959 were engaged in work activities. 90.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 959 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.