Shaktipur Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Shaktipur is a medium size village located in Suri - I Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 192 families residing. The Shaktipur village has population of 778 of which 415 are males while 363 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shaktipur village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 11.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shaktipur village is 875 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shaktipur as per census is 898, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shaktipur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shaktipur village was 69.64 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shaktipur Male literacy stands at 80.33 % while female literacy rate was 57.37 %.

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

Shaktipur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	192	-	-
Population	778	415	363
Child (0-6)	93	49	44
Schedule Caste	334	178	156
Schedule Tribe	231	122	109
Literacy	69.64 %	80.33 %	57.37 %
Total Workers	362	233	129
Main Worker	160	-	-
Marginal Worker	202	87	115

Caste Factor

In Shaktipur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.93 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 29.69 % of total population in Shaktipur village.

Work Profile

In Shaktipur village out of total population, 362 were engaged in work activities. 44.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 362 workers engaged in Main Work, 75 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 53 were Agricultural labourer.