# Kashimpur Village, Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kashimpur

Kashimpur is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,107 people in 242 households**, the 70th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 1,107people (2011)
- 242households
- 50.6%literacy
- 873females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kashimpur

Of every 100 households in Kashimpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kashimpur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**32%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****14%**

**27%

Television ****1%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**37%

Own their home ****85%**

**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 Kashimpur?

■ Kashimpur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.6%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1292**

**936

Working population ****60.3%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.4% for men and 42.3% for women. 62% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 101 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 362 (54%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 73 (11%) · **■** Marginal 126 (19%)

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 Gangarampur

- Shibpur1,151 people
- Anantapur1,134 people
- Atash1,130 people
- Patul1,119 people
- Banihari1,104 people
- Hariharpur1,093 people
- Mahipur1,089 people
- Raypur1,064 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kashimpur?1,107 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kashimpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kashimpur?50.6% (Census 2011)