Shankara Town Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Shankara (CT) is a Town and Census Town located in Para Taluk of Puruliya district in West Bengal. Shankara city has 1290 housholds and town is divided into 1 wards. Shankara city elections are held of every 5 years to elect representative of each ward.

As per the Census India 2011, Shankara city has population of 6556 of which 3381 are males and 3175 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 678 which is 10.34% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Shankara city is around 939 compared to 950 which is average of West Bengal state. The literacy rate of Shankara city is 78.11% out of which 83.23% males are literate and 72.66% females are literate. There are 10.27% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 7.37% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Shankara city.

List of Wards in Shankara

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Shankara Population Facts

Number of Households	1290
Population	6556
Male Population	3381 (51.57%)
Female Population	3175 (48.43%)
Children Population	678
Sex-ratio	939
Literacy	78.11%
Male Literacy	83.23%
Female Literacy	72.66%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	7.37%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	10.27%