# Kashiganja Village, Chandrakona - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandrakona - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kashiganja

Kashiganja is a village in Chandrakona - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **435 people in 109 households**, the 97th largest of 126 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.9%.

- 435people (2011)
- 109households
- 81.5%literacy
- 1,005females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kashiganja

Of every 100 households in Kashiganja in 2011, 42 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kashiganja · ■ Chandrakona - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**53%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**29%

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

**16%

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

**3%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****17%**

**32%

Television ****4%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**20%

Own their home ****74%**

**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 Kashiganja?

■ Kashiganja · ■ Chandrakona - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.5%**

**78.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1005**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****926**

**950

Working population ****32.6%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 74.6% for women. 57% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 29 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (6%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 100 (70%)

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

- Saljhati476 people
- Hajra467 people
- Patlapur467 people
- Pandua454 people
- Dwarkhola429 people
- Nonadanga420 people
- Amdhere416 people
- Gamaria409 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 Kashiganja?435 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kashiganja in?Paschim Medinipur district (Chandrakona - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kashiganja?81.5% (Census 2011)