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Shasan Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Shasan is a medium size village located in Itahar Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 155 families residing. The Shasan village has population of 693 of which 358 are males while 335 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shasan village population of children with age 0-6 is 118 which makes up 17.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shasan village is 936 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shasan as per census is 903, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shasan village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shasan village was 35.48 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shasan Male literacy stands at 40.88 % while female literacy rate was 29.75 %.

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

Shasan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 155 - -
Population 693 358 335
Child (0-6) 118 62 56
Schedule Caste 111 58 53
Schedule Tribe 350 176 174
Literacy 35.48 % 40.88 % 29.75 %
Total Workers 220 186 34
Main Worker 211 - -
Marginal Worker 9 4 5

Caste Factor

In Shasan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 50.51 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 16.02 % of total population in Shasan village.

Work Profile

In Shasan village out of total population, 220 were engaged in work activities. 95.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 220 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 138 were Agricultural labourer.