# Mastikari Village, Jaynagar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jaynagar - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Mastikari

Mastikari is a village in Jaynagar - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,674 people in 845 households**, the 15th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 3,674people (2011)
- 845households
- 84.5%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mastikari

Of every 100 households in Mastikari in 2011, 60 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Mastikari · ■ Jaynagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**29%

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

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**51%

Tap water ****7%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**3%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**90%

Use banking services ****44%**

**27%

Television ****41%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**42%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Mastikari?

■ Mastikari · ■ Jaynagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.5%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****920**

**949

Working population ****32.9%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.1% for men and 80.6% for women. 52% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 182 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (6%) · **■** Household industry 17 (1%) · **■** Other work 701 (58%) · **■** Marginal 234 (19%)

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 Jaynagar - I

- Gobindapur4,890 people
- Beladanga4,754 people
- Ramkrishnapur4,421 people
- Harinarayanpur4,024 people
- Arunnagar Dakshin3,620 people
- Khakurdaha3,542 people
- Punpo3,457 people
- Neutala3,398 people

[All 67 villages in Jaynagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/jaynagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mastikari?3,674 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mastikari in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Jaynagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mastikari?84.5% (Census 2011)