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Shirui Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Shirui is a large village located in Sahid Matangini Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 844 families residing. The Shirui village has population of 3859 of which 1982 are males while 1877 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shirui village population of children with age 0-6 is 431 which makes up 11.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shirui village is 947 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shirui as per census is 977, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shirui village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shirui village was 83.23 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shirui Male literacy stands at 89.34 % while female literacy rate was 76.74 %.

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

Shirui Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 844 - -
Population 3,859 1,982 1,877
Child (0-6) 431 218 213
Schedule Caste 316 157 159
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.23 % 89.34 % 76.74 %
Total Workers 1,449 1,226 223
Main Worker 1,160 - -
Marginal Worker 289 166 123

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.19 % of total population in Shirui village. The village Shirui currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shirui village out of total population, 1449 were engaged in work activities. 80.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1449 workers engaged in Main Work, 226 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 277 were Agricultural labourer.