# Bahara Village, Purbasthali - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Purbasthali - II, Barddhaman 

# Bahara

Bahara is a village in Purbasthali - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,619 people in 610 households**, the 30th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 2,619people (2011)
- 610households
- 67.5%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bahara

Of every 100 households in Bahara in 2011, 72 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Bahara · ■ Purbasthali - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**24%

Tap water ****1%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**91%

Use banking services ****41%**

**44%

Television ****32%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**26%

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 · ■ Purbasthali - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.5%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1042**

**970

Working population ****41.4%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 61.8% for women. 64% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 177 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 367 (34%) · **■** Household industry 50 (5%) · **■** Other work 224 (21%) · **■** Marginal 266 (25%)

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 Purbasthali - II

- Nakadaha2,761 people
- Telinaopara2,703 people
- Hapania2,688 people
- Sajiara2,646 people
- Sardanga2,546 people
- Sarangpur2,531 people
- Barapara2,511 people
- Madhupur2,468 people

[All 90 villages in Purbasthali - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/purbasthali-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bahara?2,619 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahara in?Barddhaman district (Purbasthali - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bahara?67.5% (Census 2011)