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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bharila

Bharila is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **495 people in 123 households**, the 170th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 495people (2011)
- 123households
- 59.3%literacy
- 1,012females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bharila

Of every 100 households in Bharila in 2011, 44 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bharila · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****26%**

**26%

Television ****25%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**33%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 Bharila?

■ Bharila · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.3%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1012**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****786**

**954

Working population ****32.3%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.8% for men and 55.9% for women. 55% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 141 (88%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (3%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 11 (7%) · **■** 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 Tapan

- Chhiraikuri527 people
- Karanjara522 people
- Aihara497 people
- Chak Madhusudan497 people
- Chak Satihar488 people
- Shaldanga485 people
- Sondhapukur483 people
- Dudhiakuri481 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bharila?495 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bharila in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bharila?59.3% (Census 2011)