# Maisha Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Maisha

Maisha is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **435 people in 111 households**, the 261st largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 31.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 435people (2011)
- 111households
- 31.3%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maisha

Of every 100 households in Maisha in 2011, 99 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maisha · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****13%**

**58%

Television ****11%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****52%**

**18%

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 Maisha?

■ Maisha · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****31.3%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1133**

**960

Working population ****58.2%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 39.1% for men and 22.4% for women. 60% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 25 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 192 (76%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 31 (12%)

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 Keshpur

- Birbira448 people
- Dakshin Kenosa437 people
- Chhutar Gerya436 people
- Kush Tikri435 people
- Padima Shyam Chak435 people
- Taltala435 people
- Dara428 people
- Jambani428 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maisha?435 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maisha in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maisha?31.3% (Census 2011)