# Barapaya Village, Raipur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Raipur, Bankura 

# Barapaya

Barapaya is a village in Raipur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **961 people in 227 households**, the 64th largest of 197 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 961people (2011)
- 227households
- 64.0%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barapaya

Of every 100 households in Barapaya in 2011, 8 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barapaya · ■ Raipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**11%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****70%**

**66%

Television ****4%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Barapaya?

■ Barapaya · ■ Raipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.0%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****617**

**930

Working population ****52.7%**

**46.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 50.3% for women. 59% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 20 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (11%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 37 (7%) · **■** Marginal 393 (78%)

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 Raipur

- Nischintapur1,036 people
- Dhenga-Am1,025 people
- Barkala1,022 people
- Rajgan995 people
- Gochda947 people
- Dubrajpur946 people
- Kundurpara934 people
- Gopalpur932 people

[All 205 villages in Raipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/raipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barapaya?961 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barapaya in?Bankura district (Raipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barapaya?64.0% (Census 2011)