# Kashiya Village, Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kashiya

Kashiya is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **793 people in 174 households**, the 70th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 793people (2011)
- 174households
- 74.8%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kashiya

Of every 100 households in Kashiya in 2011, 9 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kashiya · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**67%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****7%**

**16%

Television ****4%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**27%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Kashiya?

■ Kashiya · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**955

Working population ****40.1%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 70.3% for women. 49% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 14 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (19%) · **■** Other work 7 (2%) · **■** Marginal 235 (74%)

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 Hemtabad

- Bolkundi836 people
- Santara829 people
- Kamalpur828 people
- Goalpara793 people
- Manikpara786 people
- Garura773 people
- Makarhat755 people
- Dakshin Krishnapur739 people

[All 116 villages in Hemtabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/hemtabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kashiya?793 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kashiya in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kashiya?74.8% (Census 2011)