Shonpur, Burdwan - I

Shonpur is a village located in the Burdwan - I Subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal. The village falls in Burdwan-I block and comes under Rayan-II Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Bardhaman - Durgapur parliament constituency and Burdwan Uttar assembly constituency.

As on February 2025, the current population of Shonpur is 1.8 thousands out of which 882 are males and rest 875 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 992 females per 1000 males. There are around 151 teenagers in Shonpur. It has literacy rate of 68% which means around 1.2 thousands persons can read and write. Total 660 people belonging to scheduled caste and 21 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 412 households in Shonpur, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 789. The pincode of Shonpur is 713102 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Nutanganj Sub Post office
• Kamalakanta Kalibari Sub Post office
• Kotalhat Sub Post office
• Chotobelun Branch Post office
• Kaligram Branch Post office

Schools

Shonpur has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Kurmun High School
• Vidyasagar Uchcha Vidyalaya
• Burdwan Model School
• Bharati Balika Vidyalaya
• Bardhaman Sri Ramakrishna Saradapith Uchcha Vidyalaya

Hospitals

Shonpur has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Vita Sub-Center
• Sutra Sub-Center
• Aymapara Sub-Center
• Karjona Sub-Center
• Kurmun Sub-Center

Banks

Shonpur has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Indian Bank Kaligram
• State Bank of India Kurmun
• State Bank of India Kanchannagar
• UCO Bank Mahachanda