# Asharu Village, Bagda – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bagda, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Asharu

Asharu is a village in Bagda sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,436 people in 822 households**, the 20th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 3,436people (2011)
- 822households
- 82.5%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Asharu

Of every 100 households in Asharu in 2011, 62 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Asharu · ■ Bagda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**91%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**7%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**63%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**94%

Use banking services ****56%**

**41%

Television ****33%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**21%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Asharu?

■ Asharu · ■ Bagda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.5%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****959**

**970

Working population ****39.7%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.6% for men and 78.1% for women. 63% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 282 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 353 (26%) · **■** Household industry 53 (4%) · **■** Other work 542 (40%) · **■** Marginal 133 (10%)

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 Bagda

- Beara3,712 people
- Dihihaldaha3,602 people
- Gangulia3,483 people
- Meherani3,446 people
- Pathuria3,374 people
- Baksa3,239 people
- Kulanandapur3,223 people
- Diara3,084 people

[All 108 villages in Bagda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bagda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Asharu?3,436 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Asharu in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bagda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Asharu?82.5% (Census 2011)