# Bara Kumira Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Bara Kumira

Bara Kumira is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,355 people in 431 households**, the 17th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,355people (2011)
- 431households
- 70.0%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Kumira

Of every 100 households in Bara Kumira in 2011, 64 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bara Kumira · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****53%**

**67%

Use banking services ****56%**

**43%

Television ****19%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Kumira?

■ Bara Kumira · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.0%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****694**

**908

Working population ****50.9%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 55.1% for women. 61% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 191 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 130 (11%) · **■** Household industry 31 (3%) · **■** Other work 110 (9%) · **■** Marginal 737 (61%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Macha Parulia2,605 people
- Barasal2,550 people
- Panktor2,494 people
- Bishinda2,373 people
- Chausal2,328 people
- Amjor2,279 people
- Pirrabani2,252 people
- Sibipara2,190 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Kumira?2,355 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Kumira in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Kumira?70.0% (Census 2011)