# Mashunda Village, Ranaghat - I, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Ranaghat - I, Nadia 

# Mashunda

Mashunda is a village in Ranaghat - I sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,304 people in 325 households**, the 33rd largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.8%.

- 1,304people (2011)
- 325households
- 68.2%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mashunda

Of every 100 households in Mashunda in 2011, 28 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mashunda · ■ Ranaghat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**60%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****75%**

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****30%**

**38%

Television ****10%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**19%

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 Mashunda?

■ Mashunda · ■ Ranaghat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%**

**74.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**929

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****686**

**939

Working population ****32.7%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.9% for men and 62.2% for women. 56% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 80 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 127 (30%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 27 (6%) · **■** Marginal 190 (45%)

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 Ranaghat - I

- Jagapur1,713 people
- Simaistala1,614 people
- Doharpar1,562 people
- Dakshin Bishnupur1,361 people
- Briddhakol1,246 people
- Niamatpur1,164 people
- Arshikra1,132 people
- Mugrail1,091 people

[All 60 villages in Ranaghat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/ranaghat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mashunda?1,304 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mashunda in?Nadia district (Ranaghat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mashunda?68.2% (Census 2011)