# Kashidi Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Kashidi

Kashidi is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **852 people in 177 households**, the 59th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 852people (2011)
- 177households
- 51.5%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kashidi

Of every 100 households in Kashidi in 2011, 3 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kashidi · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****50%**

**39%

Television ****2%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Kashidi?

■ Kashidi · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.5%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****972**

**946

Working population ****36.2%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.7% for men and 38.5% for women. 54% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 101 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 83 (27%) · **■** Household industry 86 (28%) · **■** Other work 17 (6%) · **■** Marginal 21 (7%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Bara Ganta870 people
- Nutandi864 people
- Chaupad861 people
- Durgu853 people
- Patmadi841 people
- Gokulnagar835 people
- Dulla808 people
- Olgara807 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kashidi?852 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kashidi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kashidi?51.5% (Census 2011)