# Barahara Village, Sarila, Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sarila, Hamirpur 

# Barahara

Barahara is a village in Sarila sub-district of Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,670 people in 493 households**, the 17th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 2,670people (2011)
- 493households
- 60.4%literacy
- 825females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barahara

Of every 100 households in Barahara in 2011, 21 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barahara · ■ Sarila rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**11%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****88%**

**73%

Television ****24%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Barahara?

■ Barahara · ■ Sarila rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.4%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****825**

**853

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****901**

**880

Working population ****43.4%**

**48.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.6% for men and 45.5% for women. 56% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 640 (55%) · **■** Farm labourers 345 (30%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 55 (5%) · **■** Marginal 118 (10%)

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 Sarila

- Karyari2,772 people
- Baroli Kharka2,770 people
- Pahara2,698 people
- Uparhaka2,682 people
- Kupara2,665 people
- Bheshaen2,647 people
- Rihuta2,504 people
- Islampur2,418 people

[All 120 villages in Sarila](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/hamirpur/sarila/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barahara?2,670 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barahara in?Hamirpur district (Sarila sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Barahara?60.4% (Census 2011)