# Ashapur Village, Kharagpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kharagpur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Ashapur

Ashapur is a village in Kharagpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **68 people in 17 households**, the 213th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 68people (2011)
- 17households
- 57.4%literacy
- 744females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ashapur

Of every 100 households in Ashapur in 2011, 47 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Ashapur · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**41%

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

**9%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****12%**

**46%

Television ****12%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****53%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Ashapur?

■ Ashapur · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.4%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****744**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****400**

**971

Working population ****47.1%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 33.3% for women. 51% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 7 (22%) · **■** Other work 2 (6%) · **■** Marginal 23 (72%)

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 Kharagpur - I

- Rautasol87 people
- Agarpara86 people
- Dubra78 people
- Jadabpur72 people
- Jafarpur66 people
- Radhanagar64 people
- Shibanandapur64 people
- Jamjuri63 people

[All 268 villages in Kharagpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ashapur?68 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ashapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ashapur?57.4% (Census 2011)