# Bara Sehara Village, Sandeshkhali - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sandeshkhali - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bara Sehara

Bara Sehara is a village in Sandeshkhali - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,113 people in 529 households**, the 29th largest of 30 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.1%.

- 2,113people (2011)
- 529households
- 84.3%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Sehara

Of every 100 households in Bara Sehara in 2011, 17 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Bara Sehara · ■ Sandeshkhali - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**64%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**31%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**18%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****85%**

**32%

Television ****11%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****44%**

**48%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bara Sehara?

■ Bara Sehara · ■ Sandeshkhali - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.3%**

**71.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****897**

**936

Working population ****47.9%**

**37.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 77.5% for women. 63% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 149 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 220 (22%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 258 (25%) · **■** Marginal 380 (38%)

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 Sandeshkhali - I

- Radhanagar2,859 people
- Gazalia2,827 people
- Raypur2,630 people
- Dheknamari2,385 people
- Putimari1,622 people

[All 30 villages in Sandeshkhali - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/sandeshkhali-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Sehara?2,113 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Sehara in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Sandeshkhali - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Sehara?84.3% (Census 2011)