# Baharail Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Baharail

Baharail is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,172 people in 262 households**, the 44th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,172people (2011)
- 262households
- 62.0%literacy
- 1,028females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baharail

Of every 100 households in Baharail in 2011, 28 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baharail · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****28%**

**32%

Television ****7%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****41%**

**29%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Baharail?

■ Baharail · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.0%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1028**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**972

Working population ****43.0%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.8% for men and 56.3% for women. 58% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 132 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (9%) · **■** Other work 22 (4%) · **■** Marginal 304 (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 Bansihari

- Patara1,200 people
- Mirahati1,190 people
- Kakhar1,184 people
- Kalyani1,183 people
- Rupahata1,152 people
- Rasidpur1,079 people
- Dhiltail1,005 people
- Kusumba1,001 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baharail?1,172 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baharail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baharail?62.0% (Census 2011)