# Maishora Village, Panskura, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Maishora

Maishora is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,073 people in 421 households**, the 37th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 2,073people (2011)
- 421households
- 81.5%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maishora

Of every 100 households in Maishora in 2011, 66 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Maishora · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**22%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

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

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**93%

Use banking services ****54%**

**36%

Television ****35%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**15%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Maishora?

■ Maishora · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.5%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**949

Working population ****51.1%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 73.3% for women. 59% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 56 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 176 (17%) · **■** Household industry 145 (14%) · **■** Other work 301 (28%) · **■** Marginal 382 (36%)

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 Panskura

- Dakshin Chan Chiara2,135 people
- Purul2,126 people
- Paschim Bakulda2,114 people
- Raghunathbari2,091 people
- Khasharban2,049 people
- Kharu Radhanagar2,048 people
- Mohanpur2,043 people
- Dhuliapur2,036 people

[All 230 villages in Panskura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/panskura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maishora?2,073 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maishora in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maishora?81.5% (Census 2011)