# Ashapur Village, Kulpi – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Kulpi, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ashapur

Ashapur is a village in Kulpi sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **539 people in 120 households**, the 125th largest of 172 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.6%.

- 539people (2011)
- 120households
- 80.2%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ashapur

Of every 100 households in Ashapur in 2011, 51 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ashapur · ■ Kulpi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**61%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**92%

Use banking services ****46%**

**24%

Television ****22%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****66%**

**44%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Ashapur?

■ Ashapur · ■ Kulpi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.2%**

**75.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**972

Working population ****39.1%**

**33.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 74.7% for women. 71% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Farm labourers 70 (33%) · **■** Household industry 7 (3%) · **■** Other work 37 (18%) · **■** Marginal 97 (46%)

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 Kulpi

- Bara Ramjibanpur592 people
- Mollar Chak582 people
- Chak Kalicharan Laskar545 people
- Chak Manohari541 people
- Jungri521 people
- Dakshin Sukdebpur518 people
- Uttar Mukundapur517 people
- Sadashibpur514 people

[All 180 villages in Kulpi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/kulpi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ashapur?539 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ashapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Kulpi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ashapur?80.2% (Census 2011)