# Bhastor Village, Burwan, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Burwan, Murshidabad 

# Bhastor

Bhastor is a village in Burwan sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,631 people in 391 households**, the 54th largest of 155 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,631people (2011)
- 391households
- 75.0%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhastor

Of every 100 households in Bhastor in 2011, 43 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhastor · ■ Burwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**17%

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

**3%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****34%**

**32%

Television ****13%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**48%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Bhastor?

■ Bhastor · ■ Burwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****927**

**945

Working population ****31.0%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 69.0% for women. 57% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 106 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 102 (20%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 43 (9%) · **■** Marginal 248 (49%)

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

- Kapsakismat1,741 people
- Kunnarun1,709 people
- Majiara1,693 people
- Kapsa1,651 people
- Modda1,607 people
- Hatisala1,592 people
- Nabagram1,587 people
- Rajhat Siuli1,583 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhastor?1,631 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhastor in?Murshidabad district (Burwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhastor?75.0% (Census 2011)