# Kashimpur Village, Potashpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Kashimpur

Kashimpur is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,220 people in 276 households**, the 49th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,220people (2011)
- 276households
- 76.3%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kashimpur

Of every 100 households in Kashimpur in 2011, 22 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kashimpur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**5%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**24%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****8%**

**36%

Television ****9%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**21%

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 Kashimpur?

■ Kashimpur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.3%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****868**

**943

Working population ****29.7%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 68.1% for women. 55% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 21 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (27%) · **■** Household industry 13 (4%) · **■** Other work 38 (10%) · **■** Marginal 193 (53%)

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 Potashpur - II

- Braja Kishorpur1,248 people
- Dhusurda1,237 people
- Baman Bar1,230 people
- Deulbar1,224 people
- Satsanda1,218 people
- Ichhabari1,202 people
- Tania Bila1,169 people
- Mangalpur1,161 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kashimpur?1,220 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kashimpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kashimpur?76.3% (Census 2011)