# Masanjhar Village, Hirbandh, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Hirbandh, Bankura 

# Masanjhar

Masanjhar is a village in Hirbandh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **752 people in 171 households**, the 42nd largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 752people (2011)
- 171households
- 69.4%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Masanjhar

Of every 100 households in Masanjhar in 2011, 50 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Masanjhar · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**32%

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

**6%

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

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****82%**

**50%

Television ****15%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Masanjhar?

■ Masanjhar · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****944**

**969

Working population ****35.1%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 49.5% for women. 45% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 72 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 84 (32%) · **■** Household industry 11 (4%) · **■** Other work 15 (6%) · **■** Marginal 82 (31%)

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 Hirbandh

- Bhogra828 people
- Deuli816 people
- Dhajamanipur815 people
- Khandarani787 people
- Mirgi721 people
- Biradihi705 people
- Kaliapathar687 people
- Jamdahara654 people

[All 121 villages in Hirbandh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/hirbandh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Masanjhar?752 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Masanjhar in?Bankura district (Hirbandh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Masanjhar?69.4% (Census 2011)