# Mashurya Village, Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur 

# Mashurya

Mashurya is a village in Mahisadal sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,818 people in 877 households**, the 16th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.1%.

- 3,818people (2011)
- 877households
- 89.4%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mashurya

Of every 100 households in Mashurya in 2011, 46 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mashurya · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**90%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**6%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

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

**4%

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

**4%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****34%**

**42%

Television ****18%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**28%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Mashurya?

■ Mashurya · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.4%**

**86.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**948

Working population ****40.5%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.5% for men and 84.1% for women. 62% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 106 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 105 (7%) · **■** Household industry 19 (1%) · **■** Other work 377 (24%) · **■** Marginal 939 (61%)

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 Mahisadal

- Rambag4,208 people
- Rajarampur4,078 people
- Itamagra4,032 people
- Amritberya3,958 people
- Andulya3,778 people
- Kapaserya3,773 people
- Shuklalpur3,758 people
- Baramrit Bere3,720 people

[All 75 villages in Mahisadal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/mahisadal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mashurya?3,818 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mashurya in?Purba Medinipur district (Mahisadal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mashurya?89.4% (Census 2011)