# Belera Village, Mayureswar - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-ii/belera/

Village · Mayureswar - II, Birbhum 

# Belera

Belera is a village in Mayureswar - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,458 people in 369 households**, the 22nd largest of 125 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,458people (2011)
- 369households
- 82.0%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belera

Of every 100 households in Belera in 2011, 25 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Belera · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**81%

Tap water ****86%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**18%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****0%**

**23%

Television ****7%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****61%**

**41%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Belera?

■ Belera · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.0%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****764**

**963

Working population ****41.1%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 74.2% for women. 65% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 258 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 243 (41%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 38 (6%) · **■** Marginal 52 (9%)

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 Mayureswar - II

- Jhalka1,659 people
- Narayanghati1,651 people
- Daspalsa1,621 people
- Akulpur1,522 people
- Ramnagar1,446 people
- Radhanagar1,390 people
- Kaleswar1,333 people
- Bara Kalikapur1,300 people

[All 131 villages in Mayureswar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belera?1,458 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belera in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belera?82.0% (Census 2011)