# Sashpara Village, Kandi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Kandi, Murshidabad 

# Sashpara

Sashpara is a village in Kandi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,649 people in 1,045 households**, the 10th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 4,649people (2011)
- 1,045households
- 56.8%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sashpara

Of every 100 households in Sashpara in 2011, 15 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sashpara · ■ Kandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**32%

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

**21%

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

**78%

Tap water ****15%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****11%**

**42%

Television ****8%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Sashpara?

■ Sashpara · ■ Kandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.8%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**963

Working population ****35.2%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.8% for men and 51.6% for women. 57% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 162 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 858 (52%) · **■** Household industry 51 (3%) · **■** Other work 314 (19%) · **■** Marginal 253 (15%)

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 Kandi

- Nabagram6,905 people
- Udaychandpur6,832 people
- Gatia5,413 people
- Gobarhati5,023 people
- Purandarpur4,511 people
- Khosh Baspur4,342 people
- Patenda4,322 people
- Srikantapur3,779 people

[All 93 villages in Kandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/kandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sashpara?4,649 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sashpara in?Murshidabad district (Kandi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sashpara?56.8% (Census 2011)