# Bharata Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Bharata

Bharata is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,530 people in 382 households**, the 67th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 1,530people (2011)
- 382households
- 66.5%literacy
- 1,016females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bharata

Of every 100 households in Bharata in 2011, 21 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bharata · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**17%

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

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**16%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****14%**

**27%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****57%**

**53%

Own their home ****77%**

**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 Bharata?

■ Bharata · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1016**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1125**

**960

Working population ****28.6%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.4% for men and 61.6% for women. 53% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 129 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 133 (30%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 42 (10%) · **■** Marginal 130 (30%)

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

- Mandalsar1,580 people
- Augram1,572 people
- Basantapur1,550 people
- Kesiadanga1,542 people
- Siata1,478 people
- Bathur1,472 people
- Ratanpur Arazi1,427 people
- Amjua1,422 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bharata?1,530 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bharata in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bharata?66.5% (Census 2011)