# Kashanda Village, Chandrakona - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandrakona - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kashanda

Kashanda is a village in Chandrakona - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,198 people in 487 households**, the 14th largest of 126 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.9%.

- 2,198people (2011)
- 487households
- 78.2%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kashanda

Of every 100 households in Kashanda in 2011, 51 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kashanda · ■ Chandrakona - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**53%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**16%

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

**3%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****9%**

**32%

Television ****8%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kashanda?

■ Kashanda · ■ Chandrakona - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**78.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**950

Working population ****33.6%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 70.4% for women. 57% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 86 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 189 (26%) · **■** Household industry 27 (4%) · **■** Other work 272 (37%) · **■** Marginal 164 (22%)

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 Chandrakona - I

- Purshuri2,550 people
- Jagannathpur2,445 people
- Chandur2,395 people
- Kamargere2,319 people
- Hiradharpur2,046 people
- Beurgram1,984 people
- Tatarpur1,893 people
- Kankabati1,871 people

[All 132 villages in Chandrakona - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/chandrakona-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kashanda?2,198 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kashanda in?Paschim Medinipur district (Chandrakona - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kashanda?78.2% (Census 2011)