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

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Gahira

Gahira is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,231 people in 226 households**, the 51st largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 1,231people (2011)
- 226households
- 56.5%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gahira

Of every 100 households in Gahira in 2011, 20 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gahira · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**79%

Use banking services ****68%**

**47%

Television ****7%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gahira?

■ Gahira · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.5%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****791**

**968

Working population ****36.0%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.7% for men and 44.7% for women. 55% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 22 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 148 (33%) · **■** Marginal 272 (61%)

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

- Bhandar Kuli1,380 people
- Rangamatya1,353 people
- Haraktor1,309 people
- Turradi1,300 people
- Fatepur1,221 people
- Charpatya1,187 people
- Kalla1,142 people
- Dheria1,136 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gahira?1,231 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gahira in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gahira?56.5% (Census 2011)