# Dihi Kashimpur Village, Chandipur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur 

# Dihi Kashimpur

Dihi Kashimpur is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,461 people in 336 households**, the 42nd largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 1,461people (2011)
- 336households
- 89.2%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dihi Kashimpur

Of every 100 households in Dihi Kashimpur in 2011, 41 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dihi Kashimpur · ■ Chandipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**8%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**4%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****39%**

**30%

Television ****12%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**28%

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 Dihi Kashimpur?

■ Dihi Kashimpur · ■ Chandipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.2%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****526**

**925

Working population ****42.4%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.4% for men and 83.5% for women. 58% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 185 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (9%) · **■** Household industry 20 (3%) · **■** Other work 157 (25%) · **■** Marginal 201 (32%)

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 Chandipur

- Raypur1,664 people
- Bhagabankhali 2Nd Portion1,546 people
- Nasirabad1,506 people
- Baishya Chak1,481 people
- Rampur1,383 people
- Mangalkhali Shiba Misra Chak1,336 people
- Usmanpur1,322 people
- Purusottampur1,286 people

[All 112 villages in Chandipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/chandipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dihi Kashimpur?1,461 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dihi Kashimpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dihi Kashimpur?89.2% (Census 2011)