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Shonpur Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Shonpur is a medium size village located in Burdwan - I Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 376 families residing. The Shonpur village has population of 1603 of which 805 are males while 798 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shonpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 151 which makes up 9.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shonpur village is 991 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shonpur as per census is 1013, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shonpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shonpur village was 75.34 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shonpur Male literacy stands at 79.73 % while female literacy rate was 70.91 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Shonpur 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 Shonpur village.

Shonpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 376 - -
Population 1,603 805 798
Child (0-6) 151 75 76
Schedule Caste 602 297 305
Schedule Tribe 19 9 10
Literacy 75.34 % 79.73 % 70.91 %
Total Workers 720 512 208
Main Worker 379 - -
Marginal Worker 341 221 120

Caste Factor

In Shonpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.55 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.19 % of total population in Shonpur village.

Work Profile

In Shonpur village out of total population, 720 were engaged in work activities. 52.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 720 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 188 were Agricultural labourer.