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Shashinda Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Shashinda is a medium size village located in Narayangarh Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 407 families residing. The Shashinda village has population of 1678 of which 839 are males while 839 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shashinda village population of children with age 0-6 is 165 which makes up 9.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shashinda village is 1000 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shashinda as per census is 1012, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shashinda village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shashinda village was 82.29 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shashinda Male literacy stands at 90.62 % while female literacy rate was 73.94 %.

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

Shashinda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 407 - -
Population 1,678 839 839
Child (0-6) 165 82 83
Schedule Caste 65 30 35
Schedule Tribe 241 124 117
Literacy 82.29 % 90.62 % 73.94 %
Total Workers 691 550 141
Main Worker 260 - -
Marginal Worker 431 317 114

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 14.36 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.87 % of total population in Shashinda village.

Work Profile

In Shashinda village out of total population, 691 were engaged in work activities. 37.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 691 workers engaged in Main Work, 100 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 81 were Agricultural labourer.