# Kashigori Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Kashigori

Kashigori is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,186 people in 434 households**, the 46th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 2,186people (2011)
- 434households
- 85.4%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kashigori

Of every 100 households in Kashigori in 2011, 78 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kashigori · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**19%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**90%

Use banking services ****44%**

**44%

Television ****46%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**17%

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 Kashigori?

■ Kashigori · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.4%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****901**

**942

Working population ****32.2%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.1% for men and 79.2% for women. 58% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 25 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 109 (16%) · **■** Household industry 124 (18%) · **■** Other work 373 (53%) · **■** Marginal 72 (10%)

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 Kolaghat

- Kantabani Shasan2,310 people
- Bardabar2,296 people
- Bagicha Kumar Chak2,292 people
- Bordangi2,222 people
- Jashar2,032 people
- Durbachati1,968 people
- Kanai Chak1,964 people
- Kunarhat1,933 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kashigori?2,186 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kashigori in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kashigori?85.4% (Census 2011)