# Shashadanga Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Shashadanga

Shashadanga is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,855 people in 870 households**, the 20th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 3,855people (2011)
- 870households
- 75.0%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shashadanga

Of every 100 households in Shashadanga in 2011, 32 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shashadanga · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**3%

Tap water ****12%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**46%

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

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****20%**

**47%

Television ****23%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****23%**

**17%

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 Shashadanga?

■ Shashadanga · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**965

Working population ****35.4%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 68.9% for women. 63% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 341 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 665 (49%) · **■** Household industry 15 (1%) · **■** Other work 236 (17%) · **■** Marginal 107 (8%)

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 Gaighata

- Bishnupur4,119 people
- Hanspur4,113 people
- Digha3,971 people
- Gaighata3,878 people
- Simuliapara3,678 people
- Baghna3,639 people
- Rajapur3,621 people
- Deopuli3,583 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shashadanga?3,855 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shashadanga in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shashadanga?75.0% (Census 2011)