# Baharabad Village, Chanchal - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - II, Maldah 

# Baharabad

Baharabad is a village in Chanchal - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,640 people in 564 households**, the 28th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.4%.

- 2,640people (2011)
- 564households
- 67.5%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baharabad

Of every 100 households in Baharabad in 2011, 27 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baharabad · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**80%

Tap water ****10%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**90%

Use banking services ****11%**

**16%

Television ****5%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****55%**

**46%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Baharabad?

■ Baharabad · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.5%**

**57.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****843**

**953

Working population ****35.3%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.0% for men and 64.9% for women. 54% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 270 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 334 (36%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 94 (10%) · **■** Marginal 234 (25%)

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 Chanchal - II

- Kapsia3,027 people
- Mahammadpur2,993 people
- Boalia2,696 people
- Jadupur2,668 people
- Enayatnagar2,492 people
- Kanaipur2,477 people
- Sadarpur2,452 people
- Sholmari2,373 people

[All 92 villages in Chanchal - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baharabad?2,640 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baharabad in?Maldah district (Chanchal - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baharabad?67.5% (Census 2011)