# Bharwan Village, Burwan, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Burwan, Murshidabad 

# Bharwan

Bharwan is a village in Burwan sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,015 people in 481 households**, the 43rd largest of 155 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 2,015people (2011)
- 481households
- 69.5%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bharwan

Of every 100 households in Bharwan in 2011, 18 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bharwan · ■ Burwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**32%

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

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**76%

Tap water ****1%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****34%**

**32%

Television ****18%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**48%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bharwan?

■ Bharwan · ■ Burwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****838**

**945

Working population ****33.0%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 62.9% for women. 57% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 195 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 154 (23%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 70 (11%) · **■** Marginal 239 (36%)

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 Burwan

- Andi2,172 people
- Fatepur2,082 people
- Katna2,052 people
- Kurcha2,051 people
- Maliandi1,974 people
- Kalyanpur1,960 people
- Ekgharia1,900 people
- Hastinapur1,857 people

[All 160 villages in Burwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/burwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bharwan?2,015 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bharwan in?Murshidabad district (Burwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bharwan?69.5% (Census 2011)