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Kashidi Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kashidi is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 103 families residing. The Kashidi village has population of 569 of which 285 are males while 284 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kashidi village population of children with age 0-6 is 85 which makes up 14.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kashidi village is 996 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kashidi as per census is 735, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kashidi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kashidi village was 64.05 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kashidi Male literacy stands at 76.69 % while female literacy rate was 52.02 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kashidi 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 Kashidi village.

Kashidi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 103 - -
Population 569 285 284
Child (0-6) 85 49 36
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 434 210 224
Literacy 64.05 % 76.69 % 52.02 %
Total Workers 325 159 166
Main Worker 97 - -
Marginal Worker 228 69 159

Caste Factor

In Kashidi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 76.27 % of total population in Kashidi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kashidi village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Kashidi village out of total population, 325 were engaged in work activities. 29.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 325 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 93 were Agricultural labourer.