# Gar Bhera Village, Bhagawanpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhagawanpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Gar Bhera

Gar Bhera is a village in Bhagawanpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,260 people in 492 households**, the 28th largest of 164 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 88.4%.

- 2,260people (2011)
- 492households
- 93.4%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gar Bhera

Of every 100 households in Gar Bhera in 2011, 5 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gar Bhera · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**10%

Tap water ****30%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****47%**

**92%

Use banking services ****31%**

**38%

Television ****8%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**33%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Gar Bhera?

■ Gar Bhera · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.4%**

**88.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****832**

**934

Working population ****46.0%**

**38.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.6% for men and 90.0% for women. 55% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 150 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 103 (10%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 142 (14%) · **■** Marginal 636 (61%)

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 Bhagawanpur - I

- Bachchhipur2,390 people
- Tota Nala2,359 people
- Bar Bhagabanpur2,309 people
- Uttarbar2,304 people
- Mrijapur2,173 people
- Kaptya Bari2,112 people
- Purbba Masuria2,074 people
- Kul Beria1,993 people

[All 165 villages in Bhagawanpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/bhagawanpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gar Bhera?2,260 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gar Bhera in?Purba Medinipur district (Bhagawanpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gar Bhera?93.4% (Census 2011)