# Baharpur Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Baharpur

Baharpur is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **565 people in 125 households**, the 103rd largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 565people (2011)
- 125households
- 68.3%literacy
- 877females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baharpur

Of every 100 households in Baharpur in 2011, 35 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baharpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**75%

Use banking services ****90%**

**53%

Television ****15%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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 Baharpur?

■ Baharpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.3%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****877**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1381**

**948

Working population ****50.1%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.2% for men and 62.6% for women. 67% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 167 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 85 (30%) · **■** Other work 19 (7%) · **■** Marginal 12 (4%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Krishnabati612 people
- Bhat Pushkarini586 people
- Merashol585 people
- Ratnapur567 people
- Hikimband558 people
- Basudebpur555 people
- Nabagram549 people
- Jaynagar546 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baharpur?565 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baharpur in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baharpur?68.3% (Census 2011)