# Bara Gahira Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Bara Gahira

Bara Gahira is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **601 people in 148 households**, the 66th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 601people (2011)
- 148households
- 75.0%literacy
- 1,024females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Gahira

Of every 100 households in Bara Gahira in 2011, 50 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bara Gahira · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****4%**

**34%

Television ****4%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Bara Gahira?

■ Bara Gahira · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1024**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1045**

**979

Working population ****55.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 68.6% for women. 60% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 31 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 21 (6%) · **■** Marginal 277 (84%)

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

- Jorakhali615 people
- Akhrasol611 people
- Jarula609 people
- Baida601 people
- Indrabani592 people
- Pasro590 people
- Banksol582 people
- Amlachati577 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Gahira?601 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Gahira in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Gahira?75.0% (Census 2011)