# Bahalia Village, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Bahalia

Bahalia is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,760 people in 374 households**, the 28th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 1,760people (2011)
- 374households
- 87.8%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bahalia

Of every 100 households in Bahalia in 2011, 41 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bahalia · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**10%

Tap water ****20%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**40%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****46%**

**37%

Television ****14%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**26%

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 Bahalia?

■ Bahalia · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.8%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****877**

**926

Working population ****46.5%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.5% for men and 80.1% for women. 66% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 217 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 212 (26%) · **■** Other work 44 (5%) · **■** Marginal 345 (42%)

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 Egra - I

- Jamki2,175 people
- Charpalia1,954 people
- Khal Shutia1,914 people
- Khalina1,887 people
- Benachakri1,665 people
- Kudi1,664 people
- Kourda1,634 people
- Baghmari1,469 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bahalia?1,760 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahalia in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bahalia?87.8% (Census 2011)