Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Kashipur

Kashipur is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 267 people in 65 households, the 176th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.
- 267 people (2011)
- 65 households
- 85.3% literacy
- 1,054 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kashipur

Of every 100 households in Kashipur in 2011, 29 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kashipur · ■ Gangarampur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 29% 38%
- Toilet within the home 7% 28%
- No toilet (open defecation) 93% 70%
- Tap water 0% 7%
- Drinking water within premises 12% 32%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 95%
- Use banking services 9% 27%
- Television 6% 17%
- Mobile phone 50% 29%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 6% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 48% 37%
- Own their home 100% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kashipur?

■ Kashipur · ■ Gangarampur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 85.3% 71.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1054 932
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 800 936
- Working population 26.6% 40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 82.6% for women. 52% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 20 (28%) · ■ Farm labourers 33 (46%) · ■ Other work 16 (23%) · ■ Marginal 2 (3%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Gangarampur
- Kabirpur 309 people
- Haripur Ganeshpur 294 people
- Shikarpur 285 people
- Mahakhair 283 people
- Kamarpukuria 257 people
- Khayerban 254 people
- Purbba Shankarpur 248 people
- Teliapara 245 people

All 202 villages in Gangarampur

## Other places named Kashipur
- Kashipur · Sub-district, Udham Singh Nagar · 283,136 people
- Kashipur · Sub-district, Puruliya · 200,083 people
- Kashipur · Town, Udham Singh Nagar · 121,623 people
- Kashipur · Sub-district, Rayagada · 70,542 people
- Kashipur · Village, Rampur, Rampur · 13,683 people
- Kashipur · Village, Beldanga - II, Murshidabad · 11,967 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kashipur? 267 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kashipur in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kashipur? 85.3% (Census 2011)

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