# Kashia Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kashia

Kashia is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **352 people in 76 households**, the 178th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 352people (2011)
- 76households
- 70.7%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kashia

Of every 100 households in Kashia in 2011, 50 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kashia · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**86%

Tap water ****5%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****22%**

**34%

Television ****10%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**17%

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 Kashia?

■ Kashia · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**979

Working population ****29.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 58.0% for women. 52% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 13 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (69%) · **■** Other work 17 (16%) · **■** Marginal 2 (2%)

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 Jhargram

- Barabari354 people
- Banshtola353 people
- Birhandi353 people
- Chakua352 people
- Bindukata351 people
- Kismat Balijuri349 people
- Chithalbani344 people
- Indradanga344 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kashia?352 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kashia in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kashia?70.7% (Census 2011)