# Barasat Village, Patrasayer, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Patrasayer, Bankura 

# Barasat

Barasat is a village in Patrasayer sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,840 people in 439 households**, the 27th largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 1,840people (2011)
- 439households
- 57.1%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barasat

Of every 100 households in Barasat in 2011, 3 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barasat · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**78%

Tap water ****2%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**22%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**81%

Use banking services ****57%**

**44%

Television ****5%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**19%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Barasat?

■ Barasat · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.1%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****876**

**946

Working population ****47.2%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.1% for men and 49.8% for women. 59% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 111 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 517 (59%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 33 (4%) · **■** Marginal 204 (23%)

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 Patrasayer

- Kushadwip1,953 people
- Habib Pushkarini1,915 people
- Pandua1,907 people
- Bijpur1,879 people
- Padua1,813 people
- Mahesnandi1,782 people
- Pan Pushkarini1,762 people
- Nabakishor1,734 people

[All 160 villages in Patrasayer](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/patrasayer/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barasat?1,840 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barasat in?Bankura district (Patrasayer sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barasat?57.1% (Census 2011)