# Bhara Village, Mejhia, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Mejhia, Bankura 

# Bhara

Bhara is a village in Mejhia sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,309 people in 501 households**, the 10th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 2,309people (2011)
- 501households
- 60.6%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhara

Of every 100 households in Bhara in 2011, 46 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhara · ■ Mejhia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**84%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**14%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****6%**

**52%

Use banking services ****32%**

**36%

Television ****30%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Bhara?

■ Bhara · ■ Mejhia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.6%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1190**

**937

Working population ****32.2%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.1% for men and 51.3% for women. 58% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 130 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 100 (13%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 235 (32%) · **■** Marginal 272 (37%)

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 Mejhia

- Japamali3,132 people
- Gopalganja3,123 people
- Kshiraitor3,122 people
- Ramchandrapur2,680 people
- Duburia2,111 people
- Mohana2,017 people
- Ramkrishnapur1,937 people
- Mochrakend1,919 people

[All 75 villages in Mejhia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/mejhia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhara?2,309 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhara in?Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhara?60.6% (Census 2011)