# Baharda Village, Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Baharda

Baharda is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,591 people in 379 households**, the 38th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,591people (2011)
- 379households
- 79.9%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baharda

Of every 100 households in Baharda in 2011, 21 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baharda · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**5%

Tap water ****41%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**97%

Use banking services ****40%**

**36%

Television ****14%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**21%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Baharda?

■ Baharda · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.9%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****747**

**943

Working population ****36.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.3% for men and 71.3% for women. 61% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 272 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (13%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 33 (6%) · **■** Marginal 188 (33%)

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 Potashpur - II

- Jabda1,709 people
- Madanmohanpur1,676 people
- Sianri1,652 people
- Matirampur1,647 people
- Baraudaypur1,551 people
- Babuidanri1,502 people
- Krishnapur1,456 people
- Chakrasul1,268 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baharda?1,591 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baharda in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baharda?79.9% (Census 2011)