# Mashagaria Village, Memari - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Memari - II, Barddhaman 

# Mashagaria

Mashagaria is a village in Memari - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,504 people in 522 households**, the 14th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 2,504people (2011)
- 522households
- 74.9%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mashagaria

Of every 100 households in Mashagaria in 2011, 68 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Mashagaria · ■ Memari - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**45%

Tap water ****44%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**24%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**83%

Use banking services ****84%**

**67%

Television ****26%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**11%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****30%**

**20%

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 Mashagaria?

■ Mashagaria · ■ Memari - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.9%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1038**

**963

Working population ****41.2%**

**42.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 67.6% for women. 62% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 223 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 453 (44%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 137 (13%) · **■** Marginal 211 (20%)

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 Memari - II

- Bishnupur3,863 people
- Naohati3,709 people
- Chak Balaram3,543 people
- Barwa3,388 people
- Bamunia2,369 people
- Jakra2,262 people
- Bitra2,244 people
- Barari2,241 people

[All 89 villages in Memari - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/memari-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mashagaria?2,504 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mashagaria in?Barddhaman district (Memari - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mashagaria?74.9% (Census 2011)