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Bahara Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Bahara is a large village located in Para Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 386 families residing. The Bahara village has population of 2241 of which 1193 are males while 1048 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bahara village population of children with age 0-6 is 344 which makes up 15.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bahara village is 878 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bahara as per census is 859, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Bahara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bahara village was 64.52 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bahara Male literacy stands at 79.56 % while female literacy rate was 47.47 %.

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 386 - -
Population 2,241 1,193 1,048
Child (0-6) 344 185 159
Schedule Caste 827 439 388
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.52 % 79.56 % 47.47 %
Total Workers 732 580 152
Main Worker 617 - -
Marginal Worker 115 62 53

Caste Factor

In Bahara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.90 % of total population in Bahara village. The village Bahara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bahara village out of total population, 732 were engaged in work activities. 84.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 732 workers engaged in Main Work, 222 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 62 were Agricultural labourer.