# Kasba Village, Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum 

# Kasba

Kasba is a village in Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,611 people in 631 households**, the 17th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 2,611people (2011)
- 631households
- 67.3%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kasba

Of every 100 households in Kasba in 2011, 56 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kasba · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**82%

Use banking services ****44%**

**61%

Television ****20%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**24%

Own their home ****96%**

**95%

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 Kasba?

■ Kasba · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.3%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****937**

**972

Working population ****50.8%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.9% for men and 59.0% for women. 62% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 154 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 433 (33%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 111 (8%) · **■** Marginal 626 (47%)

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 Bolpur Sriniketan

- Khosh Kadambapur3,102 people
- Benuria3,009 people
- Layek Bazar2,910 people
- Bolpur2,623 people
- Jajnanagar2,542 people
- Ballabhpur2,525 people
- Bejra2,497 people
- Taltor2,380 people

[All 169 villages in Bolpur Sriniketan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/bolpur-sriniketan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kasba?2,611 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kasba in?Birbhum district (Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kasba?67.3% (Census 2011)