# Barkona Village, Saltora, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Saltora, Bankura 

# Barkona

Barkona is a village in Saltora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,462 people in 564 households**, the 9th largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 61.5%.

- 2,462people (2011)
- 564households
- 62.4%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barkona

Of every 100 households in Barkona in 2011, 22 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barkona · ■ Saltora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**7%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**66%

Use banking services ****39%**

**45%

Television ****7%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**36%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Barkona?

■ Barkona · ■ Saltora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.4%**

**61.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1090**

**939

Working population ****40.3%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.1% for men and 50.4% for women. 57% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 186 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 175 (18%) · **■** Household industry 27 (3%) · **■** Other work 222 (22%) · **■** Marginal 381 (38%)

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 Saltora

- Salma3,732 people
- Shyampur3,302 people
- Murlu3,026 people
- Shiarbedia2,469 people
- Kanuri2,187 people
- Patdoha2,077 people
- Gogra1,991 people
- Bamantora1,877 people

[All 157 villages in Saltora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/saltora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barkona?2,462 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barkona in?Bankura district (Saltora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barkona?62.4% (Census 2011)