Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad
# Bahal Nagar

Bahal Nagar is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,293 people in 530 households, the 41st largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.
- 2,293 people (2011)
- 530 households
- 73.7% literacy
- 940 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bahal Nagar

Of every 100 households in Bahal Nagar in 2011, 36 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bahal Nagar · ■ Sagardighi rural average
- Electricity for lighting 36% 25%
- Toilet within the home 11% 16%
- No toilet (open defecation) 89% 83%
- Tap water 0% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 17% 18%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 96% 95%
- Use banking services 17% 20%
- Television 21% 13%
- Mobile phone 32% 25%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 5% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 0%
- None of these assets 40% 39%
- Own their home 98% 95%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Bahal Nagar?

■ Bahal Nagar · ■ Sagardighi rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 73.7% 65.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 940 957
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 887 954
- Working population 32.9% 36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.2% for men and 68.9% for women. 57% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 184 (24%) · ■ Farm labourers 334 (44%) · ■ Household industry 21 (3%) · ■ Other work 146 (19%) · ■ Marginal 69 (9%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Sagardighi
- Chandanbati 2,510 people
- Gobardhandanga 2,375 people
- Paitkaldanga 2,364 people
- Naopara 2,358 people
- Jadabpur 2,289 people
- Chandigram Raghunathpur 2,218 people
- Diara 2,150 people
- Binod 2,110 people

All 197 villages in Sagardighi

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Bahal Nagar? 2,293 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahal Nagar in? Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bahal Nagar? 73.7% (Census 2011)

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