# Bedjharia Village, Nayagram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nayagram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Bedjharia

Bedjharia is a village in Nayagram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **158 people in 31 households**, the 244th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 158people (2011)
- 31households
- 68.6%literacy
- 859females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bedjharia

Of every 100 households in Bedjharia in 2011, 36 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bedjharia · ■ Nayagram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****25%**

**96%

Use banking services ****18%**

**18%

Television ****11%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**18%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****4%**

**21%

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 Bedjharia?

■ Bedjharia · ■ Nayagram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.6%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****859**

**988

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**963

Working population ****67.1%**

**49.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 56.9% for women. 64% of men and 71% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 30 (28%) · **■** Other work 6 (6%) · **■** Marginal 70 (66%)

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 Nayagram

- Purna Pani166 people
- Nichu Bankinala165 people
- Bhaluk Basa162 people
- Sal Patra160 people
- Bank Sol150 people
- Narasingh Pur149 people
- Rokhani Chhota148 people
- Sal Bani146 people

[All 336 villages in Nayagram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/nayagram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bedjharia?158 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bedjharia in?Paschim Medinipur district (Nayagram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bedjharia?68.6% (Census 2011)