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

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Village · Chanchal - I, Maldah 

# Ashwinpur

Ashwinpur is a village in Chanchal - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,345 people in 583 households**, the 33rd largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 2,345people (2011)
- 583households
- 53.5%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ashwinpur

Of every 100 households in Ashwinpur in 2011, 10 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ashwinpur · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****21%**

**42%

Television ****5%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**34%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Ashwinpur?

■ Ashwinpur · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.5%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1147**

**944

Working population ****32.6%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.1% for men and 53.0% for women. 56% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 214 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 320 (42%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 23 (3%) · **■** Marginal 204 (27%)

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

- Nadisik2,541 people
- Serpur2,511 people
- Islampur2,462 people
- Nikhral2,448 people
- Sahabajpur2,335 people
- Bheba Kaliganj2,310 people
- Ismailpur2,286 people
- Daksin Sahar2,175 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ashwinpur?2,345 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ashwinpur in?Maldah district (Chanchal - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ashwinpur?53.5% (Census 2011)