# Bahulya Village, Contai - III, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Bahulya

Bahulya is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **548 people in 125 households**, the 103rd largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 548people (2011)
- 125households
- 86.7%literacy
- 1,037females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bahulya

Of every 100 households in Bahulya in 2011, 87 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bahulya · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

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

**2%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****87%**

**42%

Television ****20%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Bahulya?

■ Bahulya · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.7%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1037**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****871**

**948

Working population ****32.5%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.7% for men and 80.2% for women. 61% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 76 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 63 (35%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 33 (19%) · **■** Marginal 5 (3%)

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 - III

- Alampur561 people
- Rasulpur561 people
- Dakshin Kancheswar557 people
- Phaodar Chak555 people
- Shankarpur541 people
- Karaldanij Karalda535 people
- Uttar Rampur534 people
- Chandbaria529 people

[All 166 villages in Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bahulya?548 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahulya in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bahulya?86.7% (Census 2011)