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Shankarpur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Shankarpur is a medium size village located in Contai - III Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 118 families residing. The Shankarpur village has population of 541 of which 273 are males while 268 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shankarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 10.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shankarpur village is 982 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shankarpur as per census is 1115, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shankarpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shankarpur village was 95.06 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shankarpur Male literacy stands at 99.60 % while female literacy rate was 90.38 %.

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 118 - -
Population 541 273 268
Child (0-6) 55 26 29
Schedule Caste 61 34 27
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 95.06 % 99.60 % 90.38 %
Total Workers 169 156 13
Main Worker 162 - -
Marginal Worker 7 3 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.28 % of total population in Shankarpur village. The village Shankarpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shankarpur village out of total population, 169 were engaged in work activities. 95.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 169 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.