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

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Khashafaua

Khashafaua is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,018 people in 204 households**, the 72nd largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 1,018people (2011)
- 204households
- 84.8%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khashafaua

Of every 100 households in Khashafaua in 2011, 44 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Khashafaua · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

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

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**88%

Use banking services ****10%**

**35%

Television ****14%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****3%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Khashafaua?

■ Khashafaua · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.8%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****899**

**949

Working population ****32.1%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.1% for men and 75.4% for women. 55% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (14%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 39 (12%) · **■** Marginal 209 (64%)

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

- Gotshauri1,049 people
- Kulanjara1,043 people
- Jhaubani1,034 people
- Rupnagar1,020 people
- Kurkraul1,005 people
- Haripur985 people
- Mahammadpur977 people
- Baijapur936 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khashafaua?1,018 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khashafaua in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khashafaua?84.8% (Census 2011)