# Sashpur Village, Santuri, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Santuri, Puruliya 

# Sashpur

Sashpur is a village in Santuri sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **695 people in 138 households**, the 35th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 695people (2011)
- 138households
- 73.2%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sashpur

Of every 100 households in Sashpur in 2011, 16 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sashpur · ■ Santuri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****4%**

**67%

Use banking services ****70%**

**52%

Television ****41%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**22%

Own their home ****81%**

**96%

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 Sashpur?

■ Sashpur · ■ Santuri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.2%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**973

Working population ****29.1%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 63.1% for women. 45% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 14 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (3%) · **■** Household industry 12 (6%) · **■** Other work 122 (60%) · **■** Marginal 48 (24%)

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 Santuri

- Kherad795 people
- Dhenkshila788 people
- Rambhatdi777 people
- Benrya713 people
- Anthumajhirdi686 people
- Nimtikuri685 people
- Kankar Kiari680 people
- Kashtagora668 people

[All 103 villages in Santuri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/santuri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sashpur?695 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sashpur in?Puruliya district (Santuri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sashpur?73.2% (Census 2011)