# Kashtagara Village, Rampurhat - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Rampurhat - I, Birbhum 

# Kashtagara

Kashtagara is a village in Rampurhat - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,529 people in 1,178 households**, the 6th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 4,529people (2011)
- 1,178households
- 72.8%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kashtagara

Of every 100 households in Kashtagara in 2011, 46 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kashtagara · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**80%

Tap water ****19%**

**9%

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

**15%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**87%

Use banking services ****65%**

**43%

Television ****20%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**35%

Own their home ****78%**

**92%

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 Kashtagara?

■ Kashtagara · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****901**

**945

Working population ****37.8%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.8% for men and 65.5% for women. 56% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 395 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 495 (29%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 317 (19%) · **■** Marginal 490 (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 Rampurhat - I

- Ayas8,906 people
- Tarachua6,276 people
- Bagtui5,095 people
- Ramrampur5,095 people
- Narayanpur4,449 people
- Joykrishnapur4,297 people
- Radipur4,111 people
- Dakhalbati3,874 people

[All 119 villages in Rampurhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rampurhat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kashtagara?4,529 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kashtagara in?Birbhum district (Rampurhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kashtagara?72.8% (Census 2011)