# Kasafalia Village, Deshopran, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Kasafalia

Kasafalia is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,609 people in 334 households**, the 34th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 96.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 1,609people (2011)
- 334households
- 96.5%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kasafalia

Of every 100 households in Kasafalia in 2011, 2 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kasafalia · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**9%

Tap water ****1%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****42%**

**35%

Television ****6%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

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

**30%

Own their home ****97%**

**94%

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 Kasafalia?

■ Kasafalia · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****96.5%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1020**

**949

Working population ****47.4%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.2% for men and 94.8% for women. 59% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 30 (4%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 43 (6%) · **■** Marginal 687 (90%)

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 Deshopran

- Paschim Purushottampur1,682 people
- Raghurampur1,664 people
- Chaudhuri Bar1,659 people
- Daha Shonamui1,621 people
- Mundapara1,588 people
- Barchandibhetty1,529 people
- Kajibasan1,527 people
- Uttar Deulpota1,513 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kasafalia?1,609 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kasafalia in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kasafalia?96.5% (Census 2011)