# Bausahar Village, Bhangar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhangar - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bausahar

Bausahar is a village in Bhangar - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,635 people in 495 households**, the 38th largest of 80 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 2,635people (2011)
- 495households
- 74.9%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bausahar

Of every 100 households in Bausahar in 2011, 52 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 11 a car.

■ Bausahar · ■ Bhangar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**37%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**16%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****28%**

**28%

Television ****12%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****11%**

**3%

None of these assets ****14%**

**23%

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 Bausahar?

■ Bausahar · ■ Bhangar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.9%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1171**

**962

Working population ****30.1%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 69.3% for women. 55% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 158 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 157 (20%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 334 (42%) · **■** Marginal 130 (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 Bhangar - I

- Dakshin Rajapur2,865 people
- Kanjdia2,685 people
- Hariharpur2,653 people
- Durgapur2,650 people
- Andulgari2,602 people
- Bakri2,518 people
- Dakshin Kasipur2,451 people
- Taldighi2,328 people

[All 81 villages in Bhangar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bhangar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bausahar?2,635 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bausahar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bhangar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bausahar?74.9% (Census 2011)