# Pear Bera Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Pear Bera

Pear Bera is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,761 people in 661 households**, the 7th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 2,761people (2011)
- 661households
- 70.8%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pear Bera

Of every 100 households in Pear Bera in 2011, 15 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pear Bera · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**75%

Use banking services ****23%**

**53%

Television ****6%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Pear Bera?

■ Pear Bera · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.8%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1029**

**948

Working population ****40.7%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.9% for men and 65.3% for women. 60% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 162 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 507 (45%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 164 (15%) · **■** Marginal 290 (26%)

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

- Kochdihi3,296 people
- Panchal3,266 people
- Ichharia3,158 people
- Radha Mohanpur3,049 people
- Bondalhati2,758 people
- Ranga Matiya2,702 people
- Palshura2,611 people
- Dhulai2,607 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pear Bera?2,761 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pear Bera in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pear Bera?70.8% (Census 2011)