# Bara Kashipur Village, Balurghat – Population & Literacy

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bara Kashipur

Bara Kashipur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **926 people in 239 households**, the 87th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 926people (2011)
- 239households
- 67.5%literacy
- 1,058females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Kashipur

Of every 100 households in Bara Kashipur in 2011, 41 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bara Kashipur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**33%

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

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**90%

Use banking services ****82%**

**41%

Television ****34%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Bara Kashipur?

■ Bara Kashipur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.5%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1058**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1244**

**965

Working population ****41.7%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 60.0% for women. 59% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 138 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 168 (44%) · **■** Other work 50 (13%) · **■** Marginal 30 (8%)

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 Balurghat

- Halida Danga946 people
- Kasiadanga942 people
- Mayamari930 people
- Sankarpur928 people
- Kurmail926 people
- Parbatipur924 people
- Taher Chak921 people
- Bhatpara917 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Kashipur?926 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Kashipur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Kashipur?67.5% (Census 2011)