# Belar Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Belar

Belar is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **995 people in 222 households**, the 75th largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 995people (2011)
- 222households
- 63.1%literacy
- 1,082females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belar

Of every 100 households in Belar in 2011, 54 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Belar · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**34%

Tap water ****4%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****100%**

**50%

Television ****8%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Belar?

■ Belar · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1082**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**988

Working population ****53.2%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.4% for men and 51.0% for women. 61% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 392 (74%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 29 (5%) · **■** Marginal 75 (14%)

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 Debra

- Bakalsa Ramnarayan1,020 people
- Baguyan1,012 people
- Birsinghapur1,007 people
- Shyampur999 people
- Haridrapat961 people
- Gar Killa959 people
- Basudebpur949 people
- Itai939 people

[All 477 villages in Debra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/debra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belar?995 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belar?63.1% (Census 2011)