# Putia Bara Masia Village, Sitalkuchi, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Sitalkuchi, Koch Bihar 

# Putia Bara Masia

Putia Bara Masia is a village in Sitalkuchi sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,878 people in 411 households**, the 32nd largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 1,878people (2011)
- 411households
- 66.8%literacy
- 1,011females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Putia Bara Masia

Of every 100 households in Putia Bara Masia in 2011, 9 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Putia Bara Masia · ■ Sitalkuchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**45%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**53%

Tap water ****38%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**85%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****10%**

**33%

Television ****6%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Putia Bara Masia?

■ Putia Bara Masia · ■ Sitalkuchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.8%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1011**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****960**

**964

Working population ****48.9%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.9% for men and 57.8% for women. 56% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 454 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 131 (14%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 25 (3%) · **■** Marginal 308 (34%)

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 Sitalkuchi

- Nagar Nepra2,277 people
- Chhota Gadaikhora2,138 people
- Kharija Dhaperchatra2,061 people
- Chhota Pinjarirjhar1,960 people
- Bara Maricha1,797 people
- Nagar Singimari1,759 people
- Bara Madhusudan1,757 people
- Gangadhar1,701 people

[All 70 villages in Sitalkuchi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/sitalkuchi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Putia Bara Masia?1,878 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Putia Bara Masia in?Koch Bihar district (Sitalkuchi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Putia Bara Masia?66.8% (Census 2011)