Masua Population - Baksa, Assam

Masua is a medium size village located in Barnagar Circle of Baksa district, Assam with total 351 families residing. The Masua village has population of 1784 of which 916 are males while 868 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Masua village population of children with age 0-6 is 338 which makes up 18.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Masua village is 948 which is lower than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Masua as per census is 1024, higher than Assam average of 962.

Masua village has lower literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Masua village was 60.37 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Masua Male literacy stands at 70.63 % while female literacy rate was 49.35 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Masua village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Masua village.

Masua Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	351	-	-
Population	1,784	916	868
Child (0-6)	338	167	171
Schedule Caste	873	463	410
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	60.37 %	70.63 %	49.35 %
Total Workers	631	525	106
Main Worker	402	-	-
Marginal Worker	229	155	74

Caste Factor

In Masua village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 48.93 % of total population in Masua village. The village Masua currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Masua village out of total population, 631 were engaged in work activities. 63.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 631 workers engaged in Main Work, 83 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.