# Bhutsahar Village, Simlapal, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Simlapal, Bankura 

# Bhutsahar

Bhutsahar is a village in Simlapal sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,582 people in 345 households**, the 13th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.4%.

- 1,582people (2011)
- 345households
- 70.9%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhutsahar

Of every 100 households in Bhutsahar in 2011, 51 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bhutsahar · ■ Simlapal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**39%

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

**10%

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

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**84%

Use banking services ****75%**

**52%

Television ****28%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**24%

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 Bhutsahar?

■ Bhutsahar · ■ Simlapal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**68.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****760**

**960

Working population ****43.2%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 61.2% for women. 59% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 47 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (3%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 107 (16%) · **■** Marginal 502 (73%)

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 Simlapal

- Nutangar1,795 people
- Bikrampur1,709 people
- Barahetyagara1,637 people
- Khaergaria1,636 people
- Asna1,546 people
- Bhedua1,502 people
- Pukhuria1,467 people
- Srirampur1,463 people

[All 202 villages in Simlapal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/simlapal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhutsahar?1,582 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhutsahar in?Bankura district (Simlapal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhutsahar?70.9% (Census 2011)