# Maghuwasai Village, Potka, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Potka, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Maghuwasai

Maghuwasai is a village in Potka sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **813 people in 155 households**, the 77th largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 813people (2011)
- 155households
- 60.1%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Maghuwasai PIN code and other codes

Maghuwasai falls in Potka sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- Community development blockPotka
- Census village code363736

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

## How far is Maghuwasai from nearby towns?

- Jamshedpur (district HQ)29 km by road
- Jugsalai (nearest town)28 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 Maghuwasai?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Maghuwasai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Hesal
- ○Degree college10+ km · Karandih
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)2 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 Maghuwasai known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 83% of the 198 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 Maghuwasai

Of every 100 households in Maghuwasai in 2011, 3 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maghuwasai · ■ Potka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**83%

Use banking services ****37%**

**34%

Television ****23%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**16%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Maghuwasai?

■ Maghuwasai · ■ Potka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.1%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**949

Working population ****49.0%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.6% for men and 48.2% for women. 54% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 179 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (14%) · **■** Other work 145 (36%) · **■** Marginal 20 (5%)

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 Potka

- Hakai853 people
- Mangru847 people
- Kashidi835 people
- Tangrain824 people
- Dokarsai812 people
- Kutsuri807 people
- Porabhumri804 people
- Putlupung792 people

[All 291 villages in Potka](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/purbi-singhbhum/potka/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Maghuwasai from Jamshedpur?29 km by road
- What is the population of Maghuwasai?813 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maghuwasai in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Potka sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Maghuwasai?60.1% (Census 2011)