# Maishar Village, Baharagora, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Baharagora, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Maishar

Maishar is a village in Baharagora sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **446 people in 109 households**, the 122nd largest of 359 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.5%.

- 446people (2011)
- 109households
- 74.5%literacy
- 1,055females per 1,000 males

## Maishar PIN code and other codes

Maishar falls in Baharagora sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatGamariya
- Community development blockBaharagora
- Census village code364715

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Maishar from nearby towns?

- Chakulia (district HQ)18 km by road
- Chakulia (nearest town)18 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Maishar?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Maishar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bahragora
- ○Degree college10+ km · Barhagora
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bahragora
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 5 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Maishar known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 90% of the 53 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Maishar

Of every 100 households in Maishar in 2011, 98 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maishar · ■ Baharagora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**92%

Use banking services ****75%**

**57%

Television ****33%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Maishar?

■ Maishar · ■ Baharagora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**64.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1055**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1097**

**944

Working population ****26.7%**

**44.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 67.2% for women. 48% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 26 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (38%) · **■** Other work 23 (19%) · **■** Marginal 25 (21%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Baharagora

- Paruliya460 people
- Darkhuli454 people
- Kanimahli454 people
- Mahuli446 people
- Arjunbera442 people
- Dudhkundi439 people
- Sinhpura437 people
- Goalmara436 people

[All 451 villages in Baharagora](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/purbi-singhbhum/baharagora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Maishar from Chakulia?18 km by road
- What is the population of Maishar?446 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maishar in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Baharagora sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Maishar?74.5% (Census 2011)