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Shasha Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Shasha is a medium size village located in Harirampur Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 184 families residing. The Shasha village has population of 907 of which 463 are males while 444 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shasha village population of children with age 0-6 is 183 which makes up 20.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shasha village is 959 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shasha as per census is 1080, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shasha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shasha village was 28.45 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shasha Male literacy stands at 40.00 % while female literacy rate was 16.05 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Shasha village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Shasha village.

Shasha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 184 - -
Population 907 463 444
Child (0-6) 183 88 95
Schedule Caste 882 453 429
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 28.45 % 40.00 % 16.05 %
Total Workers 397 258 139
Main Worker 382 - -
Marginal Worker 15 6 9

Caste Factor

In Shasha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 97.24 % of total population in Shasha village. The village Shasha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shasha village out of total population, 397 were engaged in work activities. 96.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 397 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 322 were Agricultural labourer.