# Kashipur Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Kashipur

Kashipur is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **915 people in 228 households**, the 64th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 915people (2011)
- 228households
- 77.2%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kashipur

Of every 100 households in Kashipur in 2011, 62 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kashipur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****54%**

**75%

Use banking services ****83%**

**53%

Television ****24%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**22%

Own their home ****93%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kashipur?

■ Kashipur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.2%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****610**

**948

Working population ****47.5%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 68.4% for women. 62% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 109 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 158 (36%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 109 (25%) · **■** Marginal 49 (11%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Sonamukhi

- Hamirhati955 people
- Kalyanpur951 people
- Aralkola937 people
- Balarampur929 people
- Chaitanpur890 people
- Amrita Para886 people
- Katnia871 people
- Harishchandrapur865 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kashipur?915 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kashipur in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kashipur?77.2% (Census 2011)