# Upar Orahar Village, Bhagawangola - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhagawangola - I, Murshidabad 

# Upar Orahar

Upar Orahar is a village in Bhagawangola - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,568 people in 959 households**, the 12th largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 4,568people (2011)
- 959households
- 65.0%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Upar Orahar

Of every 100 households in Upar Orahar in 2011, 58 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Upar Orahar · ■ Bhagawangola - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**69%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**29%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**43%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****50%**

**29%

Television ****13%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**35%

Own their home ****97%**

**92%

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 Upar Orahar?

■ Upar Orahar · ■ Bhagawangola - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.0%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1015**

**961

Working population ****33.4%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.0% for men and 62.9% for women. 57% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 110 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 510 (33%) · **■** Household industry 55 (4%) · **■** Other work 569 (37%) · **■** Marginal 283 (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 Bhagawangola - I

- Digha6,171 people
- Bhundar Kismat5,800 people
- Madhya Gobindapur4,777 people
- Kochgiria4,606 people
- Sundarpur4,546 people
- Paschim Rampur4,099 people
- Diar Syampur3,816 people
- Balarampur3,752 people

[All 60 villages in Bhagawangola - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/bhagawangola-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Upar Orahar?4,568 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Upar Orahar in?Murshidabad district (Bhagawangola - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Upar Orahar?65.0% (Census 2011)