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

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bamra

Bamra is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,114 people in 271 households**, the 49th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 1,114people (2011)
- 271households
- 69.0%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bamra

Of every 100 households in Bamra in 2011, 35 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bamra · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**67%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****22%**

**16%

Television ****14%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bamra?

■ Bamra · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.0%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**955

Working population ****53.9%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.8% for men and 61.3% for women. 58% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 85 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 79 (13%) · **■** Other work 54 (9%) · **■** Marginal 383 (64%)

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

- Balufara1,177 people
- Krishnabati1,148 people
- Darimanpur1,135 people
- Patair1,132 people
- Birgram1,108 people
- Bidisoil1,103 people
- Sonabanda1,098 people
- Dehuchi1,087 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bamra?1,114 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bamra in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bamra?69.0% (Census 2011)