# Pashoa Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Pashoa

Pashoa is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **581 people in 142 households**, the 127th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 581people (2011)
- 142households
- 84.0%literacy
- 862females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pashoa

Of every 100 households in Pashoa in 2011, 35 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pashoa · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**85%

Use banking services ****92%**

**57%

Television ****15%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**33%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Pashoa?

■ Pashoa · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.0%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****862**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1045**

**961

Working population ****38.0%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.0% for men and 76.8% for women. 66% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 109 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 90 (41%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 14 (6%) · **■** Marginal 4 (2%)

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 Sainthia

- Sanguldihi598 people
- Garurpur592 people
- Patharghata592 people
- Baduria582 people
- Keora565 people
- Takipur561 people
- Majhigaon545 people
- Paschim Sundarpur527 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pashoa?581 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pashoa in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pashoa?84.0% (Census 2011)