# Bafra Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bafra

Bafra is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **394 people in 97 households**, the 140th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 394people (2011)
- 97households
- 71.8%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bafra

Of every 100 households in Bafra in 2011, 52 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bafra · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**33%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****19%**

**25%

Television ****9%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bafra?

■ Bafra · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1280**

**951

Working population ****35.0%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.2% for men and 73.7% for women. 58% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 27 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 107 (78%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Kumarganj

- Majhian419 people
- Jamirbari409 people
- Kuraldanga396 people
- Badalpur394 people
- Thalsama390 people
- Patit Pukur377 people
- Chakrasail375 people
- Uchhana370 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bafra?394 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bafra in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bafra?71.8% (Census 2011)