# Masid Village, Kulpi, South Twenty Four Parganas (West Bengal)

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Village · Kulpi, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Masid

Masid is a village in Kulpi sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,128 people in 433 households**, the 37th largest of 172 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.6%.

- 2,128people (2011)
- 433households
- 72.5%literacy
- 893females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Masid

Of every 100 households in Masid in 2011, 34 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Masid · ■ Kulpi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**61%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**2%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**92%

Use banking services ****31%**

**24%

Television ****20%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****42%**

**44%

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 Masid?

■ Masid · ■ Kulpi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**75.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****893**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****916**

**972

Working population ****45.7%**

**33.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 65.5% for women. 58% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 13 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (3%) · **■** Household industry 101 (10%) · **■** Other work 462 (48%) · **■** Marginal 368 (38%)

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 Kulpi

- Bansberia2,193 people
- Simulbaria2,185 people
- Jadabnagar2,172 people
- Chak Tarabaidya2,146 people
- Hanra2,070 people
- Ramnagar2,019 people
- Kulpi2,000 people
- Alipara1,999 people

[All 180 villages in Kulpi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/kulpi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Masid?2,128 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Masid in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Kulpi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Masid?72.5% (Census 2011)