# Ashapur Village, Memari - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Memari - II, Barddhaman 

# Ashapur

Ashapur is a village in Memari - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **392 people in 93 households**, the 80th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 392people (2011)
- 93households
- 85.5%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ashapur

Of every 100 households in Ashapur in 2011, 76 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 24 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Ashapur · ■ Memari - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**45%

Tap water ****0%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****24%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**83%

Use banking services ****19%**

**67%

Television ****63%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**11%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**20%

Own their home ****94%**

**97%

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 Ashapur?

■ Ashapur · ■ Memari - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.5%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****588**

**963

Working population ****38.0%**

**42.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.6% for men and 79.9% for women. 60% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 58 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (13%) · **■** Other work 39 (26%) · **■** Marginal 32 (21%)

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 - II

- Bhandul485 people
- Goaldingi454 people
- Barasat433 people
- Taralpur431 people
- Khayerpur385 people
- Kanthalia332 people
- Baje Rasulpur322 people
- Kantabari305 people

[All 89 villages in Memari - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/memari-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ashapur?392 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ashapur in?Barddhaman district (Memari - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ashapur?85.5% (Census 2011)