# Gashanipur Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gashanipur

Gashanipur is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **158 people in 41 households**, the 403rd largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 158people (2011)
- 41households
- 87.8%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gashanipur

Of every 100 households in Gashanipur in 2011, 32 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gashanipur · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**34%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**20%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****100%**

**50%

Television ****0%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Gashanipur?

■ Gashanipur · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.8%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1200**

**988

Working population ****46.2%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.1% for men and 78.9% for women. 53% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 42 (58%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 30 (41%)

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 Debra

- Chak Bahadur166 people
- Sangopinathpur165 people
- Raghunathpur159 people
- Bijayram158 people
- Ayma Kalandar157 people
- Barjashna154 people
- Ballabhpur152 people
- Kankra Mohanpur152 people

[All 477 villages in Debra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/debra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gashanipur?158 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gashanipur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gashanipur?87.8% (Census 2011)