# Bahara Village, Kandi, Murshidabad (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kandi, Murshidabad 

# Bahara

Bahara is a village in Kandi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,775 people in 633 households**, the 24th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 2,775people (2011)
- 633households
- 72.1%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bahara

Of every 100 households in Bahara in 2011, 44 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bahara · ■ Kandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**78%

Tap water ****4%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**92%

Use banking services ****81%**

**42%

Television ****38%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 · ■ Kandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**65.1%

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

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1071**

**963

Working population ****33.7%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 64.8% for women. 60% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 236 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 229 (25%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 297 (32%) · **■** Marginal 168 (18%)

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 Kandi

- Sole Para3,152 people
- Jiadara3,124 people
- Parbbatipur3,052 people
- Benipur3,004 people
- Noapara2,692 people
- Sadpur2,664 people
- Chandra Prasadpur2,449 people
- Durgapur2,390 people

[All 93 villages in Kandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/kandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bahara?2,775 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahara in?Murshidabad district (Kandi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bahara?72.1% (Census 2011)