Village · Onda, Bankura
# Bar Magura

Bar Magura is a village in Onda sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 782 people in 181 households, the 116th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 98.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.8%.
- 782 people (2011)
- 181 households
- 98.7% literacy
- 1,119 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bar Magura

Of every 100 households in Bar Magura in 2011, 64 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bar Magura · ■ Onda rural average
- Electricity for lighting 64% 39%
- Toilet within the home 24% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 76% 87%
- Tap water 0% 7%
- Drinking water within premises 6% 19%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 7% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 2% 70%
- Use banking services 84% 58%
- Television 38% 18%
- Mobile phone 88% 34%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 11% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 7% 20%
- Own their home 98% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Bar Magura?

■ Bar Magura · ■ Onda rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 98.7% 65.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1119 957
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1312 937
- Working population 50.5% 39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 99.1% for men and 98.4% for women. 67% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 83 (21%) · ■ Farm labourers 77 (19%) · ■ Household industry 47 (12%) · ■ Other work 117 (30%) · ■ Marginal 71 (18%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Onda
- Kadagot 801 people
- Pingrui 794 people
- Charuikunr 788 people
- Amlagura 786 people
- Agayanandanpur 775 people
- Nischintapur 768 people
- Teliberia 761 people
- Teghara 755 people

All 291 villages in Onda

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Bar Magura? 782 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bar Magura in? Bankura district (Onda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bar Magura? 98.7% (Census 2011)

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