# Shashani Village, Kaliachak - III, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliachak - III, Maldah 

# Shashani

Shashani is a village in Kaliachak - III sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,602 people in 674 households**, the 24th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.7%.

- 3,602people (2011)
- 674households
- 43.0%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shashani

Of every 100 households in Shashani in 2011, 13 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shashani · ■ Kaliachak - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**79%

Tap water ****36%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**48%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****46%**

**22%

Television ****6%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**43%

Own their home ****88%**

**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 Shashani?

■ Shashani · ■ Kaliachak - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.0%**

**53.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****972**

**967

Working population ****42.4%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 46.3% for men and 39.5% for women. 53% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 257 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 184 (12%) · **■** Household industry 133 (9%) · **■** Other work 375 (25%) · **■** Marginal 579 (38%)

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 Kaliachak - III

- Kumbhira4,954 people
- Gopalpur4,794 people
- Kalinagar4,567 people
- Mahabbatpur4,149 people
- Shukpara3,521 people
- Sobhapur3,351 people
- Fatepur3,156 people
- Sahilapur2,984 people

[All 73 villages in Kaliachak - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/kaliachak-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shashani?3,602 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shashani in?Maldah district (Kaliachak - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shashani?43.0% (Census 2011)