Shampur Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Shampur is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 68 families residing. The Shampur village has population of 317 of which 153 are males while 164 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 15.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shampur village is 1072 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shampur as per census is 2200, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shampur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shampur village was 62.45 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shampur Male literacy stands at 76.09 % while female literacy rate was 48.09 %.

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

Shampur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	68	-	-
Population	317	153	164
Child (0-6)	48	15	33
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	312	151	161
Literacy	62.45 %	76.09 %	48.09 %
Total Workers	165	86	79
Main Worker	11	-	-
Marginal Worker	154	78	76

Caste Factor

In Shampur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.42 % of total population in Shampur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Shampur village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Shampur village out of total population, 165 were engaged in work activities. 6.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 93.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 165 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.