# Bara Mahara Village, Amta - I, Haora (West Bengal)

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Village · Amta - I, Haora 

# Bara Mahara

Bara Mahara is a village in Amta - I sub-district of Haora district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,887 people in 440 households**, the 39th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.0%.

- 1,887people (2011)
- 440households
- 84.1%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Mahara

Of every 100 households in Bara Mahara in 2011, 84 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bara Mahara · ■ Amta - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**64%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**36%

Tap water ****30%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**79%

Use banking services ****45%**

**33%

Television ****55%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bara Mahara?

■ Bara Mahara · ■ Amta - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.1%**

**81.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**966

Working population ****32.6%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 80.3% for women. 60% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 27 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 131 (21%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 421 (68%) · **■** Marginal 29 (5%)

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 Amta - I

- Chhota Mahara2,132 people
- Uttar Ramchandrapur1,985 people
- Mato1,920 people
- Madhyakul1,888 people
- Sameshwar1,847 people
- Dakshin Ramchandrapur1,834 people
- Mallagram1,821 people
- Baneshwarpur1,748 people

[All 73 villages in Amta - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/haora/amta-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Mahara?1,887 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Mahara in?Haora district (Amta - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Mahara?84.1% (Census 2011)