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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Shakpur is a village in Labpur mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal. It has a population of 1,268 across 295 households with a literacy rate of 68.8%. The village is located at coordinates 23.859°N, 87.843°E and operates under PIN code 731302.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RITA KONAI
Contact: 96****4191
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- LGD code
- 317583
- Pincode
- 731302
- Post office
- Kirnahar
- Population
- 1,268
- Households
- 295
- Literacy rate
- 68.8%
- Sex ratio
- 924 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 359
- Distance to district centre
- 15 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 11 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 153 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1184 km
- Nearest railway station
- Labpur · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Thiba Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Shakpur compares
By population, Shakpur ranks #46 of 179 villages in Labpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.8%
+6.4% vs mandal average
- Shakpur
- 68.8%
- Labpur mandal
- 62.4%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
924
−21 vs mandal average
- Shakpur
- 924
- Labpur mandal
- 945
Household size
people per home
4.3
Same as the mandal average
- Shakpur
- 4.3
- Labpur mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shakpur at a glance
Shakpur is a village of 1,268 people in 295 households (Census 2011) in Labpur block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 46th-largest of 179 villages in Labpur block. Literacy is 69%, 6 points above the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 924 women per 1,000 men. It lies 15 km from the Birbhum district centre, 4 km from Danrka, the nearest town, 6 km from Labpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731302, served by Kirnahar post office; the LGD village code is 317583. The nearest hospital or health centre is Thiba Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is RITA KONAI, and the village votes in Nanoor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bidhan Chandra Majhi. The population is estimated at 1,418 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shakpur · this village | 1,268 | 69% | — |
| Shahalampur · Labpur | 467 | 38% | 1.9 km S |
| Eguria · Labpur | 430 | 78% | 1.9 km NE |
| Sonajuli · Labpur | 187 | 72% | 2 km S |
| Sonajuli · Banderdewa Circle | 91 | 85% | 2 km S |
| Babladanga · Labpur | 261 | 84% | 2.6 km SW |
| Kapsundi · Labpur | 2,081 | 58% | 2.6 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Shakpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 199.45
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 170.23
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Shakpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Shakpur
- LGD code
- 317583
- Pincode
- 731302
- Post office
- Kirnahar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,268
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,418
- Households
- 295
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 924
- Literacy rate
- 68.8%
- Coordinates
- 23.85920°N, 87.84336°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nanoor
- Member of Parliament
- Asit Kumar Mal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bidhan Chandra Majhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RITA KONAI
- Block / Mandal
- Labpur
Getting there
How to reach Shakpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata153 kmcapital
- Delhi1184 km
- Hyderabad1210 km
- Chennai1439 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLabpur6 km
- Bus stopLabpur New Bus Stand7 km
- Hospital / PHCThiba Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankAllahabad Bank7 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil29 km
- CollegeRaja Birendra Chandra College23 km
- Police stationGuskara Police station43 km
Same pincode
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)