Village · Barasat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas
# Ahira

Ahira is a village in Barasat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 693 people in 157 households, the 67th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.
- 693 people (2011)
- 157 households
- 85.8% literacy
- 986 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ahira

Of every 100 households in Ahira in 2011, 66 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Ahira · ■ Barasat - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 66% 62%
- Toilet within the home 69% 82%
- No toilet (open defecation) 10% 15%
- Tap water 0% 15%
- Drinking water within premises 44% 53%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 10%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 78%
- Use banking services 44% 46%
- Television 27% 29%
- Mobile phone 55% 50%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 20% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 4% 3%
- None of these assets 6% 18%
- Own their home 99% 92%

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

## What is the population of Ahira?

■ Ahira · ■ Barasat - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 85.8% 79.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 986 942
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1062 940
- Working population 23.5% 34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.1% for men and 85.5% for women. 44% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 81 (50%) · ■ Farm labourers 37 (23%) · ■ Household industry 5 (3%) · ■ Other work 33 (20%) · ■ Marginal 7 (4%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Barasat - I
- Ariala 802 people
- Jamtagar 762 people
- Jagannathpur 730 people
- Gopalpur 714 people
- Rudrapur 555 people
- Uthandanga 528 people
- Saibana 516 people

All 70 villages in Barasat - I

## Other places named Ahira
- Ahira · Village, Memari - II, Barddhaman · 1,093 people
- Ahira · Village, Karwi, Chitrakoot · 945 people
- Ahira · Village, Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur · 686 people
- Ahira · Village, Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur · 383 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Ahira? 693 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ahira in? North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ahira? 85.8% (Census 2011)

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