# Bahala Village, Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/hemtabad/bahala/

Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bahala

Bahala is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,787 people in 390 households**, the 27th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 1,787people (2011)
- 390households
- 68.1%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bahala

Of every 100 households in Bahala in 2011, 16 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bahala · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**67%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****7%**

**16%

Television ****6%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

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

**27%

Own their home ****85%**

**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 Bahala?

■ Bahala · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.1%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1129**

**955

Working population ****52.8%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.7% for men and 61.1% for women. 66% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 191 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 215 (23%) · **■** Household industry 34 (4%) · **■** Other work 69 (7%) · **■** Marginal 434 (46%)

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 Hemtabad

- Kalua1,887 people
- Surangapur1,887 people
- Arazi Kasimpur1,872 people
- Bhatsia1,859 people
- Bhanail1,706 people
- Turibar1,644 people
- Rampur1,614 people
- Bharatpur1,552 people

[All 116 villages in Hemtabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/hemtabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bahala?1,787 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahala in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bahala?68.1% (Census 2011)