# Purbba Bahala Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Purbba Bahala

Purbba Bahala is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,405 people in 282 households**, the 62nd largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 1,405people (2011)
- 282households
- 88.3%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbba Bahala

Of every 100 households in Purbba Bahala in 2011, 94 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purbba Bahala · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**19%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

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

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****37%**

**90%

Use banking services ****68%**

**44%

Television ****47%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Purbba Bahala?

■ Purbba Bahala · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.3%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1012**

**942

Working population ****30.7%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.4% for men and 84.0% for women. 53% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (2%) · **■** Household industry 28 (6%) · **■** Other work 308 (71%) · **■** Marginal 77 (18%)

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 Kolaghat

- Kismat Khayra1,638 people
- Ramchandrapur1,541 people
- Baksitala1,501 people
- Nahala1,420 people
- Krishna Nagar1,399 people
- Ray Chak1,394 people
- Uttar Markandapur1,381 people
- Khadinan1,371 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbba Bahala?1,405 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbba Bahala in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbba Bahala?88.3% (Census 2011)