# Saishol Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Saishol

Saishol is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,552 people in 314 households**, the 36th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 1,552people (2011)
- 314households
- 80.9%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saishol

Of every 100 households in Saishol in 2011, 32 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saishol · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**56%

Tap water ****14%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****56%**

**58%

Television ****10%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Saishol?

■ Saishol · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.9%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****830**

**960

Working population ****52.5%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.0% for men and 74.6% for women. 59% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 238 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 284 (35%) · **■** Household industry 69 (8%) · **■** Other work 51 (6%) · **■** Marginal 173 (21%)

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 Keshpur

- Sarai1,640 people
- Mahishda1,601 people
- Sholdiha1,581 people
- Jhatiar1,554 people
- Parulia1,524 people
- Got Gerya1,521 people
- Nagda1,487 people
- Enayat Pur1,478 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saishol?1,552 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saishol in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Saishol?80.9% (Census 2011)