# Bathur Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Bathur

Bathur is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,472 people in 350 households**, the 69th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 1,472people (2011)
- 350households
- 67.4%literacy
- 882females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bathur

Of every 100 households in Bathur in 2011, 28 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bathur · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**26%

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

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**82%

Tap water ****58%**

**5%

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

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**95%

Use banking services ****51%**

**27%

Television ****28%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****23%**

**53%

Own their home ****97%**

**95%

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 Bathur?

■ Bathur · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****726**

**960

Working population ****32.9%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.8% for men and 61.5% for women. 57% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 145 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 82 (17%) · **■** Household industry 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 108 (22%) · **■** Marginal 136 (28%)

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 Khargram

- Basantapur1,550 people
- Kesiadanga1,542 people
- Bharata1,530 people
- Siata1,478 people
- Ratanpur Arazi1,427 people
- Amjua1,422 people
- Desalpur1,387 people
- Dakshin Raypur1,381 people

[All 155 villages in Khargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/khargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bathur?1,472 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bathur in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bathur?67.4% (Census 2011)