# Baharakoti Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Baharakoti

Baharakoti is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **897 people in 195 households**, the 26th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 897people (2011)
- 195households
- 78.1%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baharakoti

Of every 100 households in Baharakoti in 2011, 16 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baharakoti · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**97%

Use banking services ****34%**

**34%

Television ****18%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Baharakoti?

■ Baharakoti · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****855**

**979

Working population ****35.2%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.8% for men and 73.3% for women. 55% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 5 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 113 (36%) · **■** Household industry 10 (3%) · **■** Other work 94 (30%) · **■** Marginal 94 (30%)

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 Jhargram

- Bamun Mura962 people
- Pukharia958 people
- Nedha Bahara938 people
- Netura928 people
- Dahatmal878 people
- Katchara Damodarpur840 people
- Charda830 people
- Damrasol814 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baharakoti?897 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baharakoti in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baharakoti?78.1% (Census 2011)