# Ashapur Village, Chanchal - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - I, Maldah 

# Ashapur

Ashapur is a village in Chanchal - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,619 people in 384 households**, the 49th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 1,619people (2011)
- 384households
- 83.1%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ashapur

Of every 100 households in Ashapur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ashapur · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**30%

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

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**72%

Tap water ****24%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**91%

Use banking services ****50%**

**42%

Television ****27%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**34%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Ashapur?

■ Ashapur · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.1%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**944

Working population ****33.2%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 81.2% for women. 58% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 92 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 246 (46%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 148 (28%) · **■** Marginal 46 (9%)

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 Chanchal - I

- Naikanda1,816 people
- Mahabbatpur1,727 people
- Rajapur1,651 people
- Uttar Gopalpur1,633 people
- Uttar Basantapur1,498 people
- Bakipur1,489 people
- Bamua1,449 people
- Shaktihar1,410 people

[All 100 villages in Chanchal - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ashapur?1,619 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ashapur in?Maldah district (Chanchal - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ashapur?83.1% (Census 2011)