Kashiganja is a medium size village located in Chandrakona - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 109 families residing. The Kashiganja village has population of 435 of which 217 are males while 218 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Kashiganja village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 11.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kashiganja village is 1005 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kashiganja as per census is 926, lower than West Bengal average of 956.
Kashiganja village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kashiganja village was 81.46 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kashiganja Male literacy stands at 88.42 % while female literacy rate was 74.61 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kashiganja 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 Kashiganja village.
Kashiganja Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
109 |
- |
- |
| Population |
435 |
217 |
218 |
| Child (0-6) |
52 |
27 |
25 |
| Schedule Caste |
252 |
121 |
131 |
| Schedule Tribe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Literacy |
81.46 % |
88.42 % |
74.61 % |
| Total Workers |
142 |
123 |
19 |
| Main Worker |
42 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
100 |
85 |
15 |
Caste Factor
In Kashiganja village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC).
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 57.93 % of total population in Kashiganja village.
The village Kashiganja currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Work Profile
In Kashiganja village out of total population, 142 were engaged in work activities. 29.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 142 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.