# Bahurul Village, Berhampore, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Berhampore, Murshidabad 

# Bahurul

Bahurul is a village in Berhampore sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,898 people in 669 households**, the 47th largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 2,898people (2011)
- 669households
- 66.9%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bahurul

Of every 100 households in Bahurul in 2011, 44 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bahurul · ■ Berhampore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**43%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**55%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**52%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**92%

Use banking services ****82%**

**33%

Television ****21%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**29%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Bahurul?

■ Bahurul · ■ Berhampore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.9%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****994**

**972

Working population ****55.0%**

**34.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 58.3% for women. 67% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 215 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 741 (46%) · **■** Household industry 18 (1%) · **■** Other work 123 (8%) · **■** Marginal 498 (31%)

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

- Kodla3,190 people
- Kaya3,162 people
- Hogaldanga3,089 people
- Baninathpur3,020 people
- Ruhia2,813 people
- Bhagabanbati2,663 people
- Madapur2,628 people
- Gobindapur2,582 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bahurul?2,898 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahurul in?Murshidabad district (Berhampore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bahurul?66.9% (Census 2011)