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

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Village · Mejhia, Bankura 

# Bharra

Bharra is a village in Mejhia sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,912 people in 384 households**, the 15th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 1,912people (2011)
- 384households
- 49.1%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bharra

Of every 100 households in Bharra in 2011, 34 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bharra · ■ Mejhia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**47%

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

**16%

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

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**14%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**52%

Use banking services ****30%**

**36%

Television ****20%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

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

**1%

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

**27%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bharra?

■ Bharra · ■ Mejhia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.1%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1025**

**937

Working population ****32.2%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.3% for men and 40.2% for women. 53% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 100 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 86 (14%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 199 (32%) · **■** Marginal 224 (36%)

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

- Duburia2,111 people
- Mohana2,017 people
- Ramkrishnapur1,937 people
- Mochrakend1,919 people
- Ranipur1,912 people
- Jot-Sriram1,833 people
- Tegharia1,787 people
- Kansara1,687 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bharra?1,912 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bharra in?Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bharra?49.1% (Census 2011)