# Kashimpur Village, Chanchal - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - II, Maldah 

# Kashimpur

Kashimpur is a village in Chanchal - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **10,069 people in 1,821 households**, the 1st largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.4%.

- 10,069people (2011)
- 1,821households
- 44.5%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kashimpur

Of every 100 households in Kashimpur in 2011, 15 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kashimpur · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**80%

Tap water ****21%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****10%**

**16%

Television ****15%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****36%**

**46%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kashimpur?

■ Kashimpur · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.5%**

**57.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912**

**953

Working population ****31.5%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 47.3% for men and 41.4% for women. 49% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 723 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,318 (42%) · **■** Household industry 29 (1%) · **■** Other work 186 (6%) · **■** Marginal 916 (29%)

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 - II

- Hazaratpur9,248 people
- Laliabari8,843 people
- Khanpur6,920 people
- Damaipur6,161 people

[All 92 villages in Chanchal - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kashimpur?10,069 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kashimpur in?Maldah district (Chanchal - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kashimpur?44.5% (Census 2011)