# Barkania Village, Hirbandh, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hirbandh, Bankura 

# Barkania

Barkania is a village in Hirbandh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **386 people in 77 households**, the 75th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 386people (2011)
- 77households
- 68.6%literacy
- 1,010females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barkania

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

■ Barkania · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**32%

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

**6%

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

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****12%**

**50%

Television ****1%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****1%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**31%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Barkania?

■ Barkania · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.6%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1010**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****607**

**969

Working population ****31.6%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.6% for men and 52.0% for women. 53% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 12 (10%) · **■** Marginal 110 (90%)

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 Hirbandh

- Husum Danga407 people
- Itamara394 people
- Harirampur391 people
- Rangamati389 people
- Dias Dihi363 people
- Nipania363 people
- Simul Kundi358 people
- Banagarya346 people

[All 121 villages in Hirbandh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/hirbandh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barkania?386 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barkania in?Bankura district (Hirbandh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barkania?68.6% (Census 2011)