# Bholagaria Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Bholagaria

Bholagaria is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,216 people in 273 households**, the 45th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,216people (2011)
- 273households
- 87.0%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bholagaria

Of every 100 households in Bholagaria in 2011, 26 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bholagaria · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**85%

Use banking services ****83%**

**57%

Television ****16%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**33%

Own their home ****96%**

**95%

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 Bholagaria?

■ Bholagaria · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.0%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****854**

**961

Working population ****27.5%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.7% for men and 82.1% for women. 51% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 29 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (16%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 52 (16%) · **■** Marginal 194 (58%)

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 Sainthia

- Barasangra1,253 people
- Kaluraypur1,240 people
- Ikra1,231 people
- Deriapur1,218 people
- Juita1,203 people
- Uttar Amarpur1,192 people
- Harisara1,187 people
- Uttar Bangaon1,160 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bholagaria?1,216 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bholagaria in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bholagaria?87.0% (Census 2011)