# Baricha Village, Simlapal, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Simlapal, Bankura 

# Baricha

Baricha is a village in Simlapal sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,180 people in 250 households**, the 30th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.4%.

- 1,180people (2011)
- 250households
- 86.8%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baricha

Of every 100 households in Baricha in 2011, 43 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baricha · ■ Simlapal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**84%

Use banking services ****81%**

**52%

Television ****26%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**24%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Baricha?

■ Baricha · ■ Simlapal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.8%**

**68.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1086**

**960

Working population ****34.7%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.8% for men and 79.2% for women. 55% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 141 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 101 (25%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 158 (39%) · **■** Marginal 2 (0%)

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 Simlapal

- Putiadaha1,270 people
- Dhankhunia1,231 people
- Madhabpur1,220 people
- Sarenga1,214 people
- Chakrasol1,159 people
- Mamra1,146 people
- Baramakarkol1,132 people
- Nimaipur1,120 people

[All 202 villages in Simlapal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/simlapal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baricha?1,180 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baricha in?Bankura district (Simlapal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baricha?86.8% (Census 2011)