# Bahirgachhi Village, Chapra, Nadia (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chapra, Nadia 

# Bahirgachhi

Bahirgachhi is a village in Chapra sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,654 people in 835 households**, the 28th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.7%.

- 3,654people (2011)
- 835households
- 77.0%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bahirgachhi

Of every 100 households in Bahirgachhi in 2011, 34 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bahirgachhi · ■ Chapra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**29%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****77%**

**60%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****23%**

**34%

Television ****24%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**32%

Own their home ****96%**

**97%

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 Bahirgachhi?

■ Bahirgachhi · ■ Chapra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**67.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****848**

**964

Working population ****34.7%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 74.4% for women. 60% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 360 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 518 (41%) · **■** Household industry 26 (2%) · **■** Other work 228 (18%) · **■** Marginal 136 (11%)

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 Chapra

- Bania Khari3,979 people
- Pathuria3,936 people
- Elangi3,754 people
- Gongra3,733 people
- Talukhuda3,628 people
- Ranabanda3,499 people
- Santia3,447 people
- Madhabpur3,408 people

[All 83 villages in Chapra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/chapra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bahirgachhi?3,654 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahirgachhi in?Nadia district (Chapra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bahirgachhi?77.0% (Census 2011)