# Bahara Village, Berhampore, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Berhampore, Murshidabad 

# Bahara

Bahara is a village in Berhampore sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,711 people in 374 households**, the 66th largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,711people (2011)
- 374households
- 70.7%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bahara

Of every 100 households in Bahara in 2011, 2 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bahara · ■ Berhampore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**43%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**55%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**52%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****33%**

**33%

Television ****7%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Bahara?

■ Bahara · ■ Berhampore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1009**

**972

Working population ****33.7%**

**34.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.0% for men and 64.0% for women. 58% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 222 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 184 (32%) · **■** Other work 59 (10%) · **■** Marginal 112 (19%)

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 Berhampore

- Mankara1,848 people
- Harirampur1,814 people
- Debidaspur1,805 people
- Sungai1,759 people
- Belia Khari1,665 people
- Naopara1,618 people
- Bhatpara1,602 people
- Nialish Para1,533 people

[All 138 villages in Berhampore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/berhampore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bahara?1,711 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahara in?Murshidabad district (Berhampore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bahara?70.7% (Census 2011)