# Shashinda Village, Narayangarh – Population & Literacy (2)

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Village · Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur 

# Shashinda

Shashinda is a village in Narayangarh sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,678 people in 407 households**, the 36th largest of 466 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 1,678people (2011)
- 407households
- 82.3%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shashinda

Of every 100 households in Shashinda in 2011, 16 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shashinda · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**44%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**26%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****56%**

**61%

Television ****6%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**17%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Shashinda?

■ Shashinda · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.3%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1012**

**942

Working population ****41.2%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.6% for men and 73.9% for women. 66% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 100 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (12%) · **■** Other work 79 (11%) · **■** Marginal 431 (62%)

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 Narayangarh

- Trikalpur1,776 people
- Gurdala1,753 people
- Kutki1,698 people
- Parulia1,681 people
- Kontai Jinagerya1,604 people
- Kashi Pur1,569 people
- Raipur1,555 people
- Larma1,549 people

[All 516 villages in Narayangarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/narayangarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shashinda?1,678 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shashinda in?Paschim Medinipur district (Narayangarh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shashinda?82.3% (Census 2011)