# Ushahar Village, Illambazar, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Illambazar, Birbhum 

# Ushahar

Ushahar is a village in Illambazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,095 people in 261 households**, the 63rd largest of 127 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 1,095people (2011)
- 261households
- 74.2%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ushahar

Of every 100 households in Ushahar in 2011, 43 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ushahar · ■ Illambazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**68%

Tap water ****28%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**16%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****53%**

**83%

Use banking services ****57%**

**42%

Television ****23%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****5%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**27%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Ushahar?

■ Ushahar · ■ Illambazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.2%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1048**

**947

Working population ****54.2%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 66.9% for women. 69% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 192 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 156 (26%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 32 (5%) · **■** Marginal 209 (35%)

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 Illambazar

- Dharampur1,127 people
- Shrirampur1,122 people
- Kharui1,121 people
- Akamba1,119 people
- Achhaipara1,073 people
- Ramnagar1,023 people
- Katna1,017 people
- Ikshusara1,011 people

[All 133 villages in Illambazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/illambazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ushahar?1,095 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ushahar in?Birbhum district (Illambazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ushahar?74.2% (Census 2011)