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Shonpur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Shonpur is a medium size village located in Ramnagar - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 292 families residing. The Shonpur village has population of 1508 of which 746 are males while 762 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shonpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 185 which makes up 12.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shonpur village is 1021 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shonpur as per census is 850, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shonpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shonpur village was 85.41 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shonpur Male literacy stands at 93.19 % while female literacy rate was 77.99 %.

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

Shonpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 292 - -
Population 1,508 746 762
Child (0-6) 185 100 85
Schedule Caste 138 63 75
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.41 % 93.19 % 77.99 %
Total Workers 530 441 89
Main Worker 455 - -
Marginal Worker 75 35 40

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.15 % of total population in Shonpur village. The village Shonpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shonpur village out of total population, 530 were engaged in work activities. 85.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 530 workers engaged in Main Work, 144 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 164 were Agricultural labourer.