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Shankarpur Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Shankarpur is a medium size village located in Khandaghosh Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 300 families residing. The Shankarpur village has population of 1341 of which 701 are males while 640 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shankarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 11.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shankarpur village is 913 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shankarpur as per census is 656, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shankarpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shankarpur village was 78.43 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shankarpur Male literacy stands at 86.61 % while female literacy rate was 69.84 %.

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 300 - -
Population 1,341 701 640
Child (0-6) 159 96 63
Schedule Caste 357 182 175
Schedule Tribe 2 0 2
Literacy 78.43 % 86.61 % 69.84 %
Total Workers 564 453 111
Main Worker 431 - -
Marginal Worker 133 54 79

Caste Factor

Shankarpur village of Barddhaman has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.62 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.15 % of total population in Shankarpur village.

Work Profile

In Shankarpur village out of total population, 564 were engaged in work activities. 76.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 564 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 159 were Agricultural labourer.