# Barpakhan Village, Sarenga, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sarenga, Bankura 

# Barpakhan

Barpakhan is a village in Sarenga sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,222 people in 258 households**, the 27th largest of 153 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.3%.

- 1,222people (2011)
- 258households
- 72.5%literacy
- 849females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barpakhan

Of every 100 households in Barpakhan in 2011, 51 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barpakhan · ■ Sarenga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**86%

Tap water ****53%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**23%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****55%**

**53%

Television ****32%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**22%

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 Barpakhan?

■ Barpakhan · ■ Sarenga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**74.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****849**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****828**

**938

Working population ****37.7%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 57.7% for women. 56% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 63 (14%) · **■** Marginal 394 (85%)

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 Sarenga

- Sarulia1,320 people
- Belapal1,315 people
- Barajamabedya1,254 people
- Gangnala1,252 people
- Jamrepara1,210 people
- Sareskol1,209 people
- Sitarampur1,181 people
- Jambani1,161 people

[All 166 villages in Sarenga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sarenga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barpakhan?1,222 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barpakhan in?Bankura district (Sarenga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barpakhan?72.5% (Census 2011)