Kashia Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Kashia is a medium size village located in Jhargram Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 76 families residing. The Kashia village has population of 352 of which 180 are males while 172 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kashia village population of children with age 0-6 is 35 which makes up 9.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kashia village is 956 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kashia as per census is 750, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kashia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kashia village was 70.66 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kashia Male literacy stands at 83.13 % while female literacy rate was 57.96 %.

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

Kashia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	76	-	-
Population	352	180	172
Child (0-6)	35	20	15
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	350	179	171
Literacy	70.66 %	83.13 %	57.96 %
Total Workers	104	93	11
Main Worker	102	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	0	2

Caste Factor

In Kashia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.43 % of total population in Kashia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kashia village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Kashia village out of total population, 104 were engaged in work activities. 98.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 104 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 72 were Agricultural labourer.