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

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Village · Memari - I, Barddhaman 

# Bahara

Bahara is a village in Memari - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,630 people in 853 households**, the 15th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 3,630people (2011)
- 853households
- 86.4%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bahara

Of every 100 households in Bahara in 2011, 70 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Bahara · ■ Memari - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**43%

Tap water ****32%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**37%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**74%

Use banking services ****44%**

**39%

Television ****30%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

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

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 · ■ Memari - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.4%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****981**

**973

Working population ****50.0%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.8% for men and 80.7% for women. 58% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 63 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 86 (5%) · **■** Household industry 216 (12%) · **■** Other work 678 (37%) · **■** Marginal 772 (43%)

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 Memari - I

- Barar3,751 people
- Daluibazar3,714 people
- Deule3,653 people
- Ulara3,635 people
- Tatarpur3,545 people
- Chak Nara3,493 people
- Bagila3,459 people
- Punyagram3,325 people

[All 112 villages in Memari - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/memari-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bahara?3,630 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahara in?Barddhaman district (Memari - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bahara?86.4% (Census 2011)