# Bara Pukhuria Village, Barjora, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Barjora, Bankura 

# Bara Pukhuria

Bara Pukhuria is a village in Barjora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **438 people in 104 households**, the 120th largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 438people (2011)
- 104households
- 52.7%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Pukhuria

Of every 100 households in Bara Pukhuria in 2011, 44 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bara Pukhuria · ■ Barjora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**32%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**65%

Use banking services ****97%**

**60%

Television ****32%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bara Pukhuria?

■ Bara Pukhuria · ■ Barjora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.7%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**943

Working population ****40.6%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.8% for men and 39.9% for women. 56% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 42 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (32%) · **■** Other work 74 (42%) · **■** Marginal 5 (3%)

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 Barjora

- Sonagara504 people
- Bandarkoda502 people
- Purunia502 people
- Shitalpur488 people
- Bhairabpur435 people
- Mathuradanga430 people
- Sonergram420 people
- Ashuria Madhabpur415 people

[All 198 villages in Barjora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/barjora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Pukhuria?438 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Pukhuria in?Bankura district (Barjora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Pukhuria?52.7% (Census 2011)