# Bahera Village, Barasat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bahera

Bahera is a village in Barasat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,369 people in 1,151 households**, the 5th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 5,369people (2011)
- 1,151households
- 79.5%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bahera

Of every 100 households in Bahera in 2011, 48 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bahera · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**62%

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

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**15%

Tap water ****4%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**53%

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

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%**

**78%

Use banking services ****22%**

**46%

Television ****4%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****31%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**92%

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 Bahera?

■ Bahera · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1015**

**940

Working population ****34.2%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 80.3% for women. 55% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 133 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 329 (18%) · **■** Household industry 214 (12%) · **■** Other work 679 (37%) · **■** Marginal 482 (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 Barasat - I

- Kadambagachhi8,240 people
- Kanthalia5,724 people
- Kashimpur5,427 people
- Bara5,412 people
- Jirat5,337 people
- Mandalganti5,151 people
- Barbaria4,764 people
- Pirgachha4,526 people

[All 70 villages in Barasat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bahera?5,369 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahera in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bahera?79.5% (Census 2011)