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

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Rahir

Rahir is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **399 people in 75 households**, the 185th largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 399people (2011)
- 75households
- 63.7%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rahir

Of every 100 households in Rahir in 2011, 62 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rahir · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**9%

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

**4%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****47%**

**68%

Television ****4%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**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 Rahir?

■ Rahir · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.7%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****840**

**954

Working population ****61.2%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 40.1% for women. 64% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 50 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (15%) · **■** Other work 14 (6%) · **■** Marginal 143 (59%)

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

- Bharatpur403 people
- Jambani403 people
- Nama Shushunia402 people
- Musibdihi401 people
- Barshi395 people
- Panchpukhuria375 people
- Jai Nagar371 people
- Phapsa369 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rahir?399 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rahir in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rahir?63.7% (Census 2011)