# Buri Sahar Village, Khatra, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Khatra, Bankura 

# Buri Sahar

Buri Sahar is a village in Khatra sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **779 people in 157 households**, the 48th largest of 146 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 779people (2011)
- 157households
- 64.2%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Buri Sahar

Of every 100 households in Buri Sahar in 2011, 38 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Buri Sahar · ■ Khatra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**90%

Tap water ****33%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**89%

Use banking services ****40%**

**57%

Television ****12%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**29%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Buri Sahar?

■ Buri Sahar · ■ Khatra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.2%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**940

Working population ****24.3%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 51.1% for women. 45% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 37 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 83 (44%) · **■** Other work 43 (23%) · **■** Marginal 26 (14%)

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 Khatra

- Raidihi828 people
- Danrrsol825 people
- Dakai798 people
- Dhargram780 people
- Jagannathpur773 people
- Peri Pathar772 people
- Kankata766 people
- Patpur762 people

[All 153 villages in Khatra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/khatra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Buri Sahar?779 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Buri Sahar in?Bankura district (Khatra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Buri Sahar?64.2% (Census 2011)