# Kashipur Village, Potashpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Kashipur

Kashipur is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **752 people in 156 households**, the 79th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 752people (2011)
- 156households
- 84.4%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kashipur

Of every 100 households in Kashipur in 2011, 11 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kashipur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**24%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****39%**

**36%

Television ****6%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**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 Kashipur?

■ Kashipur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.4%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1229**

**943

Working population ****35.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.0% for men and 78.5% for women. 60% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 81 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (34%) · **■** Other work 8 (3%) · **■** Marginal 85 (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 Potashpur - II

- Kekai827 people
- Nimja821 people
- Chaksrikrishna791 people
- Gopalpur765 people
- Jhuria747 people
- Krishnanagar743 people
- Bhubanmangalpur736 people
- Haridangar725 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 Kashipur?752 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kashipur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kashipur?84.4% (Census 2011)