# Besara Village, Chhatna, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Besara

Besara is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,035 people in 228 households**, the 50th largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,035people (2011)
- 228households
- 60.7%literacy
- 1,006females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Besara

Of every 100 households in Besara in 2011, 35 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Besara · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**87%

Tap water ****12%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**9%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**80%

Use banking services ****62%**

**68%

Television ****13%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**22%

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 Besara?

■ Besara · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.7%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****891**

**954

Working population ****36.7%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.5% for men and 48.3% for women. 54% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 62 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (10%) · **■** Other work 52 (14%) · **■** Marginal 227 (60%)

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 Chhatna

- Kumirdoha1,052 people
- Shukuni Bansa1,048 people
- Taljharia1,038 people
- Suribedia1,036 people
- Bhunya Pura1,035 people
- Siuli Pahari1,031 people
- Keshra1,030 people
- Shushunia Jamthol1,018 people

[All 287 villages in Chhatna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/chhatna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Besara?1,035 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Besara in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Besara?60.7% (Census 2011)