# Kashidanga Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kashidanga

Kashidanga is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,119 people in 249 households**, the 72nd largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,119people (2011)
- 249households
- 80.0%literacy
- 893females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kashidanga

Of every 100 households in Kashidanga in 2011, 43 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kashidanga · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****73%**

**34%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**20%

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 Kashidanga?

■ Kashidanga · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****893**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****870**

**969

Working population ****34.9%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 74.4% for women. 49% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 141 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 167 (43%) · **■** Other work 11 (3%) · **■** Marginal 72 (18%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Jingaon1,157 people
- Hatpara1,144 people
- Uttar Lakshmipur1,144 people
- Pahargaon1,128 people
- Chapair1,113 people
- Kushgram1,097 people
- Hariharpur1,094 people
- Sahapur1,088 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kashidanga?1,119 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kashidanga in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kashidanga?80.0% (Census 2011)