# Bhera Village, Kalgachia, Barpeta (Assam) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Kalgachia, Barpeta 

# Bhera

Bhera is a village in Kalgachia sub-district of Barpeta district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **2,381 people in 458 households**, the 32nd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.2%.

- 2,381people (2011)
- 458households
- 60.9%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Bhera PIN code and other codes

Bhera falls in Kalgachia sub-district, Barpeta district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatHaladia
- Community development blockRuposhi
- Census village code282696

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Bhera from nearby towns?

- Barpeta (district HQ)15 km by road
- Sarbhog Tc (nearest town)8 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Bhera?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Bhera; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Gughubari
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Kalgachia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Barpeta
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)99 h summer · 99 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Bhera known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 84% of the 260 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Bhera

Of every 100 households in Bhera in 2011, 2 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhera · ■ Kalgachia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**21%

Tap water ****0%**

**0%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**61%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****9%**

**16%

Television ****2%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**37%

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 Bhera?

■ Bhera · ■ Kalgachia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.9%**

**54.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1228**

**952

Working population ****35.0%**

**29.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.6% for men and 55.6% for women. 53% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 230 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (8%) · **■** Household industry 18 (2%) · **■** Other work 295 (35%) · **■** Marginal 222 (27%)

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 Kalgachia

- Aditpur2,654 people
- Chariatpur2,605 people
- Bilortari2,432 people
- Hatchara2,403 people
- Uprupi2,361 people
- Joypur Gaon2,360 people
- Langla2,355 people
- Sawrachar Gaon(Sewrachera Gaon2,348 people

[All 100 villages in Kalgachia](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/barpeta/kalgachia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bhera from Barpeta?15 km by road
- What is the population of Bhera?2,381 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhera in?Barpeta district (Kalgachia sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Bhera?60.9% (Census 2011)