# Kashipur Village, Sutahata, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sutahata, Purba Medinipur 

# Kashipur

Kashipur is a village in Sutahata sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,569 people in 542 households**, the 13th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 85.2%.

- 2,569people (2011)
- 542households
- 76.9%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kashipur

Of every 100 households in Kashipur in 2011, 11 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kashipur · ■ Sutahata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**4%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**90%

Use banking services ****20%**

**38%

Television ****5%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****38%**

**29%

Own their home ****94%**

**93%

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 · ■ Sutahata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.9%**

**85.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1011**

**974

Working population ****30.4%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 70.5% for women. 54% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 26 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 79 (10%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 417 (53%) · **■** Marginal 248 (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 Sutahata

- Erekhali3,074 people
- Begunbere2,849 people
- Bahardab Char2,679 people
- Durbbabere2,608 people
- Patharberia2,413 people
- Kesabpur2,268 people
- Bajitpur2,235 people
- Golap Chak2,127 people

[All 80 villages in Sutahata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sutahata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kashipur?2,569 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kashipur in?Purba Medinipur district (Sutahata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kashipur?76.9% (Census 2011)