# Bachahar Village, Gazole, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Bachahar

Bachahar is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,096 people in 212 households**, the 97th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 1,096people (2011)
- 212households
- 67.8%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bachahar

Of every 100 households in Bachahar in 2011, 17 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bachahar · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**24%

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

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**12%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****41%**

**33%

Television ****7%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**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 Bachahar?

■ Bachahar · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.8%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****752**

**979

Working population ****39.0%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.3% for men and 62.3% for women. 51% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 211 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (7%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 12 (3%) · **■** Marginal 174 (41%)

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 Gazole

- Pahari Bhita1,124 people
- Singal1,108 people
- Purba Bilahora1,107 people
- Purbba Anantapur1,101 people
- Jamdanga1,084 people
- Baniyal1,075 people
- Bonordighi1,045 people
- Atila1,044 people

[All 291 villages in Gazole](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/gazole/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bachahar?1,096 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bachahar in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bachahar?67.8% (Census 2011)