# Maishamura Village, Deshopran, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Maishamura

Maishamura is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,792 people in 405 households**, the 24th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 1,792people (2011)
- 405households
- 86.6%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maishamura

Of every 100 households in Maishamura in 2011, 44 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Maishamura · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**9%

Tap water ****34%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**88%

Use banking services ****32%**

**35%

Television ****16%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**30%

Own their home ****98%**

**94%

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 Maishamura?

■ Maishamura · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.6%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1052**

**949

Working population ****32.1%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.8% for men and 82.1% for women. 53% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 8 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (5%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 140 (24%) · **■** Marginal 392 (68%)

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 Deshopran

- Dakshin Paikbar1,869 people
- Prakash Kultalia 1st Part1,815 people
- Jhawa1,813 people
- Kajla1,810 people
- Hinchi1,782 people
- Durgapur1,757 people
- Gobindaberabar1,754 people
- Purba Gopinathpur1,732 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maishamura?1,792 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maishamura in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maishamura?86.6% (Census 2011)