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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bhaior

Bhaior is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,716 people in 889 households**, the 7th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 3,716people (2011)
- 889households
- 68.3%literacy
- 1,015females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhaior

Of every 100 households in Bhaior in 2011, 21 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhaior · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**31%

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

**24%

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

**75%

Tap water ****46%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****18%**

**26%

Television ****10%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.3%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1015**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1070**

**954

Working population ****48.1%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.4% for men and 63.2% for women. 60% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 384 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 583 (33%) · **■** Household industry 8 (0%) · **■** Other work 113 (6%) · **■** Marginal 699 (39%)

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 Tapan

- Salas4,772 people
- Ramchandrapur4,538 people
- Mandapara4,262 people
- Lakshmipur3,933 people
- Kardaha3,577 people
- Shukdebpur3,560 people
- Basuria3,344 people
- Hazaratpur3,225 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhaior?3,716 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhaior in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhaior?68.3% (Census 2011)