# Gahira Bar Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Gahira Bar

Gahira Bar is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **229 people in 49 households**, the 188th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 229people (2011)
- 49households
- 91.9%literacy
- 832females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gahira Bar

Of every 100 households in Gahira Bar in 2011, 69 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gahira Bar · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**51%

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

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**15%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**91%

Use banking services ****26%**

**43%

Television ****37%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Gahira Bar?

■ Gahira Bar · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.9%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****832**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****476**

**956

Working population ****25.8%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.2% for men and 88.3% for women. 46% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Household industry 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 11 (19%) · **■** Marginal 47 (80%)

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 Contai - I

- Jharkoshbar233 people
- Uttar Bahulia232 people
- Kulaipadima230 people
- Rasulpur230 people
- Pateshwarpur228 people
- Hatiberya224 people
- Shikarpur214 people
- Dakshin Darua209 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gahira Bar?229 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gahira Bar in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gahira Bar?91.9% (Census 2011)