# Mastahar Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Mastahar

Mastahar is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **385 people in 83 households**, the 173rd largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 385people (2011)
- 83households
- 59.2%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mastahar

Of every 100 households in Mastahar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mastahar · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****0%**

**18%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**24%

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 Mastahar?

■ Mastahar · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.2%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**955

Working population ****31.2%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.3% for men and 50.9% for women. 53% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 55 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (47%) · **■** Other work 6 (5%) · **■** Marginal 3 (2%)

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 Kushmundi

- Barakafurchand388 people
- Kashimpur388 people
- Madhyamkarai387 people
- Kharikadighi386 people
- Khamrail381 people
- Joypur377 people
- Randanga374 people
- Arazi Shrirampur370 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mastahar?385 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mastahar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mastahar?59.2% (Census 2011)