# Beharpur Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Beharpur

Beharpur is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,485 people in 344 households**, the 28th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 1,485people (2011)
- 344households
- 73.1%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Beharpur

Of every 100 households in Beharpur in 2011, 52 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 27 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Beharpur · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**68%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****27%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****30%**

**70%

Use banking services ****98%**

**68%

Television ****44%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Beharpur?

■ Beharpur · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.1%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1050**

**976

Working population ****44.0%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.9% for men and 62.7% for women. 60% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 17 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (0%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 259 (40%) · **■** Marginal 373 (57%)

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 Kanksa

- Nutunganj1,583 people
- Anandapur1,566 people
- Mobarakganja1,558 people
- Telipara1,499 people
- Kajladihi1,416 people
- Rupganj1,372 people
- Sokna1,371 people
- Manikara1,348 people

[All 82 villages in Kanksa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kanksa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Beharpur?1,485 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Beharpur in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Beharpur?73.1% (Census 2011)