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

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Pashang

Pashang is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,979 people in 474 households**, the 15th largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 1,979people (2011)
- 474households
- 92.1%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pashang

Of every 100 households in Pashang in 2011, 54 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pashang · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**34%

Tap water ****3%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**95%

Use banking services ****49%**

**50%

Television ****30%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Pashang?

■ Pashang · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.1%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1032**

**988

Working population ****49.0%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.9% for men and 88.3% for women. 61% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 196 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 304 (31%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 204 (21%) · **■** Marginal 260 (27%)

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

- Turia2,074 people
- Dhamtor2,068 people
- Khasbazar2,058 people
- Chak Lalpur1,990 people
- Alisagar1,822 people
- Bahadurpur1,818 people
- Palashi1,747 people
- Bhawanipur1,700 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pashang?1,979 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pashang in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pashang?92.1% (Census 2011)