# Kashinagar Village, Farakka, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Farakka, Murshidabad 

# Kashinagar

Kashinagar is a village in Farakka sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,076 people in 426 households**, the 24th largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.4%.

- 2,076people (2011)
- 426households
- 85.5%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kashinagar

Of every 100 households in Kashinagar in 2011, 51 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kashinagar · ■ Farakka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**71%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**23%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****22%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**70%

Use banking services ****57%**

**44%

Television ****40%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**31%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Kashinagar?

■ Kashinagar · ■ Farakka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.5%**

**58.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**956

Working population ****53.3%**

**44.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.6% for men and 79.0% for women. 57% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 37 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 195 (18%) · **■** Household industry 31 (3%) · **■** Other work 254 (23%) · **■** Marginal 589 (53%)

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 Farakka

- Chandore2,791 people
- Kendua2,408 people
- Sikarpur2,328 people
- Bagdabra2,284 people
- Samaspur1,615 people
- Tulsi Pukur1,570 people
- Hosenpur1,504 people
- Jadabpur Nimtala1,373 people

[All 66 villages in Farakka](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/farakka/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kashinagar?2,076 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kashinagar in?Murshidabad district (Farakka sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kashinagar?85.5% (Census 2011)