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

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Shasan

Shasan is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **693 people in 155 households**, the 147th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 693people (2011)
- 155households
- 35.5%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shasan

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

■ Shasan · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**24%

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

**17%

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

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****1%**

**16%

Television ****1%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****69%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****35.5%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****903**

**955

Working population ****31.7%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 40.9% for men and 29.7% for women. 52% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 59 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 138 (63%) · **■** Other work 14 (6%) · **■** Marginal 9 (4%)

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 Itahar

- Bausa724 people
- Rahai722 people
- Barhatti720 people
- Bagbari697 people
- Basudevpur674 people
- Bagun666 people
- Banagram664 people
- Mulahat658 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shasan?693 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shasan in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shasan?35.5% (Census 2011)