# Pashchim Shirsha Village, Rajnagar, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Rajnagar, Birbhum 

# Pashchim Shirsha

Pashchim Shirsha is a village in Rajnagar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **893 people in 215 households**, the 27th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.

- 893people (2011)
- 215households
- 80.0%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pashchim Shirsha

Of every 100 households in Pashchim Shirsha in 2011, 33 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pashchim Shirsha · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**88%

Tap water ****100%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**80%

Use banking services ****36%**

**34%

Television ****7%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****33%**

**23%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Pashchim Shirsha?

■ Pashchim Shirsha · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**67.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****844**

**952

Working population ****38.5%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.0% for men and 70.4% for women. 58% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 58 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (28%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 33 (10%) · **■** Marginal 154 (45%)

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 Rajnagar

- Sajina961 people
- Kushmashul950 people
- Dhaka923 people
- Ranigram917 people
- Muktipur884 people
- Abadnagar882 people
- Raotara828 people
- Murgathali805 people

[All 98 villages in Rajnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rajnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pashchim Shirsha?893 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pashchim Shirsha in?Birbhum district (Rajnagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pashchim Shirsha?80.0% (Census 2011)