# Bahara Village, Ketugram - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Ketugram - I, Barddhaman 

# Bahara

Bahara is a village in Ketugram - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,102 people in 238 households**, the 46th largest of 62 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.

- 1,102people (2011)
- 238households
- 75.1%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bahara

Of every 100 households in Bahara in 2011, 35 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bahara · ■ Ketugram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**60%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**26%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****69%**

**68%

Television ****27%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**42%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bahara?

■ Bahara · ■ Ketugram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.1%**

**68.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****726**

**955

Working population ****36.2%**

**34.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 71.3% for women. 60% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 96 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 214 (54%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 39 (10%) · **■** Marginal 47 (12%)

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 Ketugram - I

- Malgram1,275 people
- Bira1,163 people
- Mitratikuri1,131 people
- Beninagar1,109 people
- Ichhapur1,032 people
- Majhina976 people
- Kushutia917 people
- Mauri882 people

[All 66 villages in Ketugram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/ketugram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bahara?1,102 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahara in?Barddhaman district (Ketugram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bahara?75.1% (Census 2011)