Shankarpur observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
By population, Shankarpur ranks #4 of 98 villages in Rajnagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shankarpur is a village of 1,733 people in 410 households (Census 2011) in Rajnagar block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 4th-largest of 98 villages in Rajnagar block. Literacy is 48%, 10 points below the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,041 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 731126, served by Karidhya post office; the LGD village code is 316945. The sarpanch is SARASWATI DHIBAR, and the village votes in Suri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jagannath Chattopadhyay. The population is estimated at 2,043 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Rajnagar →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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