# Masru Village, Salbani, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Salbani, Paschim Medinipur 

# Masru

Masru is a village in Salbani sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **227 people in 49 households**, the 253rd largest of 411 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.9%.

- 227people (2011)
- 49households
- 65.5%literacy
- 816females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Masru

Of every 100 households in Masru in 2011, 48 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Masru · ■ Salbani rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**79%

Tap water ****4%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**16%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****12%**

**52%

Television ****6%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**15%

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 Masru?

■ Masru · ■ Salbani rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**74.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****816**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**991

Working population ****56.4%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 59.8% for women. 54% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 18 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (33%) · **■** Marginal 68 (53%)

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 Salbani

- Garanata235 people
- Sinhajora229 people
- Bagaldoba228 people
- Khamarbar228 people
- Gaighata Jugdiha225 people
- Asurkhuli223 people
- Khudra Bankati219 people
- Khasjangal218 people

[All 528 villages in Salbani](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/salbani/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Masru?227 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Masru in?Paschim Medinipur district (Salbani sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Masru?65.5% (Census 2011)