# Masidkhas Village, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Masidkhas

Masidkhas is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,808 people in 547 households**, the 37th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 2,808people (2011)
- 547households
- 53.9%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Masidkhas

Of every 100 households in Masidkhas in 2011, 60 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Masidkhas · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****73%**

**62%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****17%**

**20%

Television ****24%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**40%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Masidkhas?

■ Masidkhas · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.9%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1057**

**967

Working population ****27.7%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.7% for men and 45.2% for women. 49% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 329 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 246 (32%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 143 (18%) · **■** Marginal 58 (7%)

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 Islampur

- Pothia3,108 people
- Benikandar2,901 people
- Bolhanja2,880 people
- Rampur2,855 people
- Nandoi2,790 people
- Masid Kismat2,660 people
- Uttar Kadamgachh2,623 people
- Kulthar2,589 people

[All 101 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Masidkhas?2,808 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Masidkhas in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Masidkhas?53.9% (Census 2011)