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Shankarpur Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Shankarpur is a medium size village located in Rajnagar Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 410 families residing. The Shankarpur village has population of 1733 of which 849 are males while 884 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shankarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 229 which makes up 13.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shankarpur village is 1041 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shankarpur as per census is 991, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shankarpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shankarpur village was 55.52 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shankarpur Male literacy stands at 65.80 % while female literacy rate was 45.71 %.

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 410 - -
Population 1,733 849 884
Child (0-6) 229 115 114
Schedule Caste 678 343 335
Schedule Tribe 839 385 454
Literacy 55.52 % 65.80 % 45.71 %
Total Workers 892 529 363
Main Worker 406 - -
Marginal Worker 486 234 252

Caste Factor

In Shankarpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 48.41 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 39.12 % of total population in Shankarpur village.

Work Profile

In Shankarpur village out of total population, 892 were engaged in work activities. 45.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 892 workers engaged in Main Work, 118 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 219 were Agricultural labourer.