# Mahasir Village, Powayan, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Powayan, Shahjahanpur 

# Mahasir

Mahasir is a village in Powayan sub-district of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,527 people in 263 households**, the 109th largest of 671 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 1,527people (2011)
- 263households
- 66.0%literacy
- 844females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahasir

Of every 100 households in Mahasir in 2011, 2 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Mahasir · ■ Powayan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**69%

Tap water ****71%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**68%

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

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**90%

Use banking services ****84%**

**77%

Television ****14%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**16%

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

**2%

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

**14%

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 Mahasir?

■ Mahasir · ■ Powayan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.0%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****844**

**887

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****897**

**916

Working population ****25.3%**

**29.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.8% for men and 58.0% for women. 43% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 98 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (5%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 20 (5%) · **■** Marginal 246 (64%)

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 Powayan

- Sisaiya1,584 people
- Sisora Sisori1,575 people
- Garhia Sareli1,572 people
- Khakhra Buzurg1,530 people
- Suheli1,509 people
- Khiriya Pathak1,507 people
- Jarmanau1,505 people
- Pasia Khera1,501 people

[All 715 villages in Powayan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shahjahanpur/powayan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahasir?1,527 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahasir in?Shahjahanpur district (Powayan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mahasir?66.0% (Census 2011)