# Bholsara Village, Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur 

# Bholsara

Bholsara is a village in Mahisadal sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,008 people in 438 households**, the 38th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.1%.

- 2,008people (2011)
- 438households
- 89.0%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bholsara

Of every 100 households in Bholsara in 2011, 43 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bholsara · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**90%

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

**6%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**85%

Use banking services ****76%**

**42%

Television ****20%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bholsara?

■ Bholsara · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.0%**

**86.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****829**

**948

Working population ****52.3%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.0% for men and 83.5% for women. 66% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 99 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 198 (19%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 133 (13%) · **■** Marginal 611 (58%)

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 Mahisadal

- Gajipur2,413 people
- Ajra2,345 people
- Gopal Chak2,197 people
- Chandipur2,047 people
- Ektarpur1,983 people
- Kapurda1,933 people
- Jhaupatra1,694 people
- Kamalpur1,686 people

[All 75 villages in Mahisadal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/mahisadal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bholsara?2,008 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bholsara in?Purba Medinipur district (Mahisadal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bholsara?89.0% (Census 2011)