# Kolshanda Village, Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kolshanda

Kolshanda is a village in Midnapore sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **537 people in 119 households**, the 117th largest of 232 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 537people (2011)
- 119households
- 75.7%literacy
- 1,057females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kolshanda

Of every 100 households in Kolshanda in 2011, 89 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kolshanda · ■ Midnapore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**90%

Use banking services ****59%**

**32%

Television ****42%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Kolshanda?

■ Kolshanda · ■ Midnapore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1057**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1054**

**968

Working population ****35.8%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 69.6% for women. 55% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 128 (67%) · **■** Marginal 63 (33%)

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 Midnapore

- Dharrasol548 people
- Udaypur543 people
- Sarengasol542 people
- Khasjangal538 people
- Shirishdanga526 people
- Chaipur525 people
- Ladhasai525 people
- Shalikha519 people

[All 271 villages in Midnapore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/midnapore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kolshanda?537 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kolshanda in?Paschim Medinipur district (Midnapore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kolshanda?75.7% (Census 2011)