# Bahara Village, Para, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Bahara

Bahara is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,241 people in 386 households**, the 18th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 2,241people (2011)
- 386households
- 64.5%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bahara

Of every 100 households in Bahara in 2011, 33 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bahara · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****12%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**79%

Use banking services ****38%**

**47%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**20%

Own their home ****97%**

**99%

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 Bahara?

■ Bahara · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.5%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****859**

**968

Working population ****32.7%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 47.5% for women. 49% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 222 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (8%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 325 (44%) · **■** Marginal 115 (16%)

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 Para

- Tetalda2,824 people
- Rahardi2,674 people
- Chitra2,449 people
- Hariharpur2,426 people
- Pareshya2,186 people
- Donrda2,184 people
- Rigudi2,156 people
- Barairga2,109 people

[All 132 villages in Para](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/para/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bahara?2,241 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahara in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bahara?64.5% (Census 2011)