# Mahisakura Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Mahisakura

Mahisakura is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **385 people in 82 households**, the 95th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 385people (2011)
- 82households
- 69.1%literacy
- 869females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahisakura

Of every 100 households in Mahisakura in 2011, 85 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahisakura · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**45%

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

**18%

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

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**17%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****100%**

**55%

Television ****38%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****33%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Mahisakura?

■ Mahisakura · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****869**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****733**

**975

Working population ****36.1%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 57.3% for women. 58% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 9 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 74 (53%) · **■** Other work 4 (3%) · **■** Marginal 52 (37%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Pandulia434 people
- Murali415 people
- Paikpara403 people
- Dhobanandapur385 people
- Sukna338 people
- Baragan332 people
- Purbba Ramchandrapur321 people
- Sipura281 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahisakura?385 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahisakura in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahisakura?69.1% (Census 2011)