# Pahar Bedia, Chhatna, Bankura – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Pahar Bedia

Pahar Bedia is a village in [Chhatna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/chhatna/) sub-district of [Bankura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **951 people in 170 households**, the 62nd largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 951people (2011)
- 170households
- 62.1%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pahar Bedia

Of every 100 households in Pahar Bedia in 2011, 29 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pahar Bedia · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**9%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**80%

Use banking services ****61%**

**68%

Television ****10%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Pahar Bedia?

■ Pahar Bedia · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.1%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****879**

**954

Working population ****47.7%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 43.7% for women. 52% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 56 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (5%) · **■** Other work 120 (26%) · **■** Marginal 257 (57%)

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

- Rangametia987 people
- Phul Kusuma984 people
- Katharia964 people
- Gara962 people
- Khabanigoparpur941 people
- Simulberya936 people
- Gurputa935 people
- Bagjuri927 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pahar Bedia?951 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pahar Bedia in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pahar Bedia?62.1% (Census 2011)