# Beharia Village, Goalpokhar - II, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Goalpokhar - II, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Beharia

Beharia is a village in Goalpokhar - II sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **591 people in 99 households**, the 143rd largest of 169 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 46.1%.

- 591people (2011)
- 99households
- 45.1%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Beharia

Of every 100 households in Beharia in 2011, 40 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 13 a car.

■ Beharia · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**33%

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

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**81%

Tap water ****100%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**51%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****28%**

**17%

Television ****3%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****13%**

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Beharia?

■ Beharia · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.1%**

**46.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****932**

**958

Working population ****23.7%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 44.3% for men and 45.8% for women. 43% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 50 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (33%) · **■** Household industry 9 (6%) · **■** Other work 16 (11%) · **■** Marginal 19 (14%)

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 Goalpokhar - II

- Purba Lahil643 people
- Sathiara636 people
- Sehar617 people
- Uttar Goaldob616 people
- Haripur589 people
- Barasalpur584 people
- Kamalabari565 people
- Kasur554 people

[All 170 villages in Goalpokhar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Beharia?591 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Beharia in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Beharia?45.1% (Census 2011)