# Behari Village, Minakhan – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Minakhan, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Behari

Behari is a village in Minakhan sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,116 people in 462 households**, the 41st largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.1%.

- 2,116people (2011)
- 462households
- 84.4%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Behari

Of every 100 households in Behari in 2011, 3 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Behari · ■ Minakhan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**14%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****39%**

**29%

Television ****0%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****74%**

**44%

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 Behari?

■ Behari · ■ Minakhan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.4%**

**71.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**961

Working population ****32.6%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 78.1% for women. 60% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 160 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 397 (58%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 36 (5%) · **■** Marginal 92 (13%)

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 Minakhan

- Goaldaha2,345 people
- Chutkia Radhanagar2,213 people
- Phulbari Abad2,206 people
- Madari2,149 people
- Garabad1,958 people
- Jhikra1,846 people
- Bachhra1,701 people
- Dhuturdaha1,585 people

[All 73 villages in Minakhan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/minakhan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Behari?2,116 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Behari in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Minakhan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Behari?84.4% (Census 2011)