# Kasipur Village, Purbasthali - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Purbasthali - II, Barddhaman 

# Kasipur

Kasipur is a village in Purbasthali - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,854 people in 446 households**, the 45th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 1,854people (2011)
- 446households
- 57.8%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kasipur

Of every 100 households in Kasipur in 2011, 16 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kasipur · ■ Purbasthali - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**24%

Tap water ****9%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****6%**

**44%

Television ****7%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****53%**

**26%

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 Kasipur?

■ Kasipur · ■ Purbasthali - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.8%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****785**

**970

Working population ****55.4%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.9% for men and 50.3% for women. 69% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 93 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 453 (44%) · **■** Other work 42 (4%) · **■** Marginal 440 (43%)

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 Purbasthali - II

- Dhitpur2,055 people
- Muragachha2,047 people
- Uttar Naopara1,970 people
- Gachha1,921 people
- Jamalpur1,801 people
- Haldipara1,752 people
- Dubrajpur1,628 people
- Chandipur1,582 people

[All 90 villages in Purbasthali - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/purbasthali-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kasipur?1,854 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kasipur in?Barddhaman district (Purbasthali - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kasipur?57.8% (Census 2011)