Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad
# Bhumihar

Bhumihar is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,400 people in 301 households, the 76th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.
- 1,400 people (2011)
- 301 households
- 62.7% literacy
- 964 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhumihar

Of every 100 households in Bhumihar in 2011, 20 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhumihar · ■ Sagardighi rural average
- Electricity for lighting 20% 25%
- Toilet within the home 8% 16%
- No toilet (open defecation) 92% 83%
- Tap water 0% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 9% 18%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 95%
- Use banking services 17% 20%
- Television 13% 13%
- Mobile phone 14% 25%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 41% 39%
- Own their home 93% 95%

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

## What is the population of Bhumihar?

■ Bhumihar · ■ Sagardighi rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 62.7% 65.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 964 957
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1010 954
- Working population 31.5% 36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.6% for men and 55.4% for women. 57% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 109 (25%) · ■ Farm labourers 256 (58%) · ■ Household industry 23 (5%) · ■ Other work 40 (9%) · ■ Marginal 13 (3%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Sagardighi
- Ratanpur 1,447 people
- Saorail 1,444 people
- Gokulta 1,417 people
- Chaitpur 1,409 people
- Dihibaraj 1,385 people
- Ser 1,351 people
- Kharati 1,281 people
- Beloria 1,278 people

All 197 villages in Sagardighi

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Bhumihar? 1,400 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhumihar in? Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhumihar? 62.7% (Census 2011)

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