# Barkura Village, Barjora, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Barjora, Bankura 

# Barkura

Barkura is a village in Barjora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,190 people in 282 households**, the 44th largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,190people (2011)
- 282households
- 69.6%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barkura

Of every 100 households in Barkura in 2011, 35 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barkura · ■ Barjora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**78%

Tap water ****30%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**65%

Use banking services ****71%**

**60%

Television ****12%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**20%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Barkura?

■ Barkura · ■ Barjora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1071**

**943

Working population ****62.9%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 60.4% for women. 75% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 36 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 145 (19%) · **■** Household industry 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 65 (9%) · **■** Marginal 488 (65%)

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

- Dhabani1,277 people
- Sarali1,256 people
- Dangarpara1,243 people
- Purakonda1,238 people
- Baguli1,179 people
- Nirisha1,168 people
- Sangrampur1,154 people
- Tajpur Rampur1,147 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barkura?1,190 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barkura in?Bankura district (Barjora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barkura?69.6% (Census 2011)