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

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Shasan

Shasan is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,559 people in 1,019 households**, the 1st largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 4,559people (2011)
- 1,019households
- 65.6%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shasan

Of every 100 households in Shasan in 2011, 24 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shasan · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**78%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**67%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****16%**

**16%

Television ****9%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**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 Shasan?

■ Shasan · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.6%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****992**

**955

Working population ****35.1%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.9% for men and 63.1% for women. 55% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 235 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 407 (25%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 196 (12%) · **■** Marginal 748 (47%)

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

- Kasimpur4,188 people
- Hemtabad3,810 people
- Islampur3,563 people
- Naoda3,434 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shasan?4,559 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shasan in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shasan?65.6% (Census 2011)