# Kashiara Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kashiara

Kashiara is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **89 people in 23 households**, the 201st largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 89people (2011)
- 23households
- 80.2%literacy
- 894females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kashiara

Of every 100 households in Kashiara in 2011, 65 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kashiara · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**33%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****26%**

**25%

Television ****4%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kashiara?

■ Kashiara · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.2%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****894**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****3000**

**951

Working population ****56.2%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 69.4% for women. 55% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 10 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (62%) · **■** Other work 2 (4%) · **■** Marginal 7 (14%)

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 Kumarganj

- Chak Gangaprasad110 people
- Munsipur110 people
- Bhomar106 people
- Gouripur96 people
- Prasadpur83 people
- Ulipur83 people
- Brahmanpara46 people
- Paik-Mulgaon34 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kashiara?89 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kashiara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kashiara?80.2% (Census 2011)