# Bokhara Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Bokhara

Bokhara is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,000 people in 1,789 households**, the 6th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 8,000people (2011)
- 1,789households
- 71.7%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bokhara

Of every 100 households in Bokhara in 2011, 39 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bokhara · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**95%

Use banking services ****33%**

**20%

Television ****18%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****42%**

**39%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Bokhara?

■ Bokhara · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.7%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**954

Working population ****39.3%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 68.1% for women. 58% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 654 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 839 (27%) · **■** Household industry 230 (7%) · **■** Other work 618 (20%) · **■** Marginal 806 (26%)

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 Sagardighi

- Balia10,299 people
- Popara10,107 people
- Dasturhat9,959 people
- Kantanagar9,453 people
- Char Mathurapur7,112 people
- Ramna Sekhdighi6,367 people
- Jugor6,080 people
- Charkabilpur5,438 people

[All 197 villages in Sagardighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bokhara?8,000 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bokhara in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bokhara?71.7% (Census 2011)