# Bazar Village, Mathurapur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mathurapur - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bazar

Bazar is a village in Mathurapur - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,421 people in 304 households**, the 38th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.5%.

- 1,421people (2011)
- 304households
- 79.2%literacy
- 872females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bazar

Of every 100 households in Bazar in 2011, 53 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bazar · ■ Mathurapur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**58%

Tap water ****42%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**94%

Use banking services ****15%**

**18%

Television ****24%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**46%

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 Bazar?

■ Bazar · ■ Mathurapur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.2%**

**73.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****872**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****934**

**982

Working population ****37.2%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 70.7% for women. 56% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 6 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (3%) · **■** Household industry 18 (3%) · **■** Other work 188 (36%) · **■** Marginal 298 (56%)

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 Mathurapur - I

- Panapukhuria1,583 people
- Noabad1,487 people
- Himchi1,482 people
- Harindanaga1,436 people
- Jadabpur1,375 people
- Uttar Gangadharpur1,350 people
- Ramjibanpur1,290 people
- Gadberia1,275 people

[All 95 villages in Mathurapur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/mathurapur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bazar?1,421 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bazar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Mathurapur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bazar?79.2% (Census 2011)