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

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Shoasi

Shoasi is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **518 people in 114 households**, the 144th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 518people (2011)
- 114households
- 64.1%literacy
- 870females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shoasi

Of every 100 households in Shoasi in 2011, 42 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shoasi · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****37%**

**34%

Television ****27%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**20%

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 Shoasi?

■ Shoasi · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.1%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****870**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1259**

**969

Working population ****65.6%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.8% for men and 51.2% for women. 66% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 69 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (9%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 33 (10%) · **■** Marginal 206 (61%)

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

- Jagdala531 people
- Joydebpur524 people
- Mahadebpur524 people
- Pandara524 people
- Chandgaon517 people
- Jinua510 people
- Raghabpur484 people
- Batasan480 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shoasi?518 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shoasi in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shoasi?64.1% (Census 2011)