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

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Village · Barjora, Bankura 

# Oltara

Oltara is a village in Barjora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **827 people in 176 households**, the 78th largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 827people (2011)
- 176households
- 66.6%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Oltara

Of every 100 households in Oltara in 2011, 39 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Oltara · ■ Barjora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****59%**

**65%

Use banking services ****95%**

**60%

Television ****34%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Oltara?

■ Oltara · ■ Barjora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.6%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****780**

**943

Working population ****44.7%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.7% for men and 55.4% for women. 59% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 66 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 106 (29%) · **■** Other work 68 (18%) · **■** Marginal 130 (35%)

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

- Gobindapur850 people
- Radhakantapur849 people
- Jaysinghapur827 people
- Krishnabati827 people
- Kushma817 people
- Bahara Khuliya814 people
- Murakata812 people
- Enayetpur784 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Oltara?827 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Oltara in?Bankura district (Barjora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Oltara?66.6% (Census 2011)