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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bhaior

Bhaior is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,400 people in 348 households**, the 32nd largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,400people (2011)
- 348households
- 63.3%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhaior

Of every 100 households in Bhaior in 2011, 32 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhaior · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**58%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****31%**

**32%

Television ****10%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****33%**

**29%

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 Bhaior?

■ Bhaior · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.3%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1256**

**972

Working population ****39.1%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.4% for men and 50.7% for women. 60% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 175 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 188 (34%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 20 (4%) · **■** Marginal 157 (29%)

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

- Mirzadpur1,442 people
- Baje Haripur1,438 people
- Mahugram1,433 people
- Srirampur1,422 people
- Ganguria1,399 people
- Serpur1,377 people
- Sahananda1,331 people
- Bhitarmasun1,282 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhaior?1,400 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhaior in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhaior?63.3% (Census 2011)