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Bahara Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Bahara is a large village located in Raghunathganj - II Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 2296 families residing. The Bahara village has population of 12862 of which 6562 are males while 6300 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bahara village population of children with age 0-6 is 2660 which makes up 20.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bahara village is 960 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bahara as per census is 987, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Bahara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bahara village was 50.56 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bahara Male literacy stands at 52.27 % while female literacy rate was 48.76 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Bahara village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Bahara village.

Bahara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 2,296 - -
Population 12,862 6,562 6,300
Child (0-6) 2,660 1,339 1,321
Schedule Caste 668 354 314
Schedule Tribe 2 0 2
Literacy 50.56 % 52.27 % 48.76 %
Total Workers 5,094 3,310 1,784
Main Worker 3,673 - -
Marginal Worker 1,421 614 807

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.19 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.02 % of total population in Bahara village.

Work Profile

In Bahara village out of total population, 5094 were engaged in work activities. 72.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 5094 workers engaged in Main Work, 347 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 310 were Agricultural labourer.