# Bharendra Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bharendra

Bharendra is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **382 people in 100 households**, the 195th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 382people (2011)
- 100households
- 61.8%literacy
- 854females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bharendra

Of every 100 households in Bharendra in 2011, 61 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Bharendra · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****11%**

**41%

Television ****37%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Bharendra?

■ Bharendra · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.8%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****854**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**965

Working population ****60.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.3% for men and 49.4% for women. 62% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 62 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (12%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 139 (60%)

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 Balurghat

- Bhabanipur402 people
- Chaurapara393 people
- Dakshin Chakalam393 people
- Piakhan387 people
- Uttar Sibrampur380 people
- Noapara373 people
- Bamnahar371 people
- Dhaul370 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bharendra?382 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bharendra in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bharendra?61.8% (Census 2011)