# Baharda Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Baharda

Baharda is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,130 people in 253 households**, the 48th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,130people (2011)
- 253households
- 89.4%literacy
- 1,011females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baharda

Of every 100 households in Baharda in 2011, 2 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baharda · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**40%

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

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**59%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**39%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**97%

Use banking services ****69%**

**62%

Television ****6%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Baharda?

■ Baharda · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.4%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1011**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1015**

**963

Working population ****29.9%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.3% for men and 84.6% for women. 54% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 149 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (21%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 33 (10%) · **■** Marginal 81 (24%)

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 Dantan - I

- Dhunria1,170 people
- Gargaria1,142 people
- Kushmi1,137 people
- Bhurangi1,134 people
- Haripura1,122 people
- Bejda1,107 people
- Belmula1,101 people
- Kotpada1,100 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baharda?1,130 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baharda in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baharda?89.4% (Census 2011)