# Masika Village, Karchhana, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Karchhana, Allahabad 

# Masika

Masika is a village in Karchhana sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,565 people in 285 households**, the 140th largest of 303 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.9%.

- 1,565people (2011)
- 285households
- 81.0%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Masika

Of every 100 households in Masika in 2011, 44 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Masika · ■ Karchhana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**79%

Tap water ****2%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**86%

Use banking services ****60%**

**69%

Television ****32%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****9%**

**7%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Masika?

■ Masika · ■ Karchhana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.0%**

**68.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**909

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****733**

**926

Working population ****43.1%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.6% for men and 69.4% for women. 56% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 40 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (13%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 114 (17%) · **■** Marginal 421 (62%)

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 Karchhana

- Naraina1,654 people
- Bhabhikhar1,628 people
- Cheonki1,600 people
- Basariya1,574 people
- Lakhrawan1,564 people
- Pura Ghisan1,533 people
- Chak Mohiuddin1,531 people
- Bhanaori1,517 people

[All 333 villages in Karchhana](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/karchhana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Masika?1,565 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Masika in?Allahabad district (Karchhana sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Masika?81.0% (Census 2011)