# Behira Village, Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum 

# Behira

Behira is a village in Mohammad Bazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **555 people in 135 households**, the 90th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 555people (2011)
- 135households
- 85.8%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Behira

Of every 100 households in Behira in 2011, 60 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Behira · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**15%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**80%

Use banking services ****14%**

**34%

Television ****11%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Behira?

■ Behira · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.8%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****774**

**983

Working population ****38.4%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.3% for men and 79.7% for women. 60% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 66 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Household industry 84 (39%) · **■** Other work 20 (9%) · **■** Marginal 39 (18%)

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 Mohammad Bazar

- Purana619 people
- Nirbhoypur614 people
- Bherapathar602 people
- Korapukur591 people
- Gopalpur554 people
- Sehala540 people
- Girajpur536 people
- Gournagar519 people

[All 158 villages in Mohammad Bazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mohammad-bazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Behira?555 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Behira in?Birbhum district (Mohammad Bazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Behira?85.8% (Census 2011)