# Bara Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Bara

Bara is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,421 people in 323 households**, the 37th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 1,421people (2011)
- 323households
- 81.0%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara

Of every 100 households in Bara in 2011, 75 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bara · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**75%

Use banking services ****50%**

**53%

Television ****18%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bara?

■ Bara · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.0%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****831**

**948

Working population ****40.5%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 74.0% for women. 60% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 243 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 186 (32%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 18 (3%) · **■** Marginal 125 (22%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Palshare1,525 people
- Chakai1,476 people
- Ban Parulia1,461 people
- Purba Nabasan1,446 people
- Amshol1,389 people
- Purba Nandarampur1,376 people
- Pathara1,356 people
- Naruala1,338 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara?1,421 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara?81.0% (Census 2011)