# Shashinara Village, Memari - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Memari - I, Barddhaman 

# Shashinara

Shashinara is a village in Memari - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,622 people in 645 households**, the 31st largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 2,622people (2011)
- 645households
- 82.7%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shashinara

Of every 100 households in Shashinara in 2011, 50 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Shashinara · ■ Memari - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**43%

Tap water ****64%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**7%

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

**74%

Use banking services ****12%**

**39%

Television ****27%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Shashinara?

■ Shashinara · ■ Memari - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.7%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****805**

**973

Working population ****42.2%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 76.3% for women. 64% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 224 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 212 (19%) · **■** Household industry 130 (12%) · **■** Other work 223 (20%) · **■** Marginal 318 (29%)

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 Memari - I

- Dadpur2,791 people
- Uttar Radhakantapur2,739 people
- Katapur2,737 people
- Gantar2,637 people
- Kathalgachhi2,601 people
- Mandaljana2,489 people
- Kiskinda2,457 people
- Nabagram2,332 people

[All 112 villages in Memari - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/memari-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shashinara?2,622 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shashinara in?Barddhaman district (Memari - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shashinara?82.7% (Census 2011)