# Barachatra Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Barachatra

Barachatra is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **687 people in 158 households**, the 87th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 687people (2011)
- 158households
- 58.8%literacy
- 1,009females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barachatra

Of every 100 households in Barachatra in 2011, 29 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barachatra · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****68%**

**75%

Use banking services ****40%**

**53%

Television ****20%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**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 Barachatra?

■ Barachatra · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.8%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1009**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1452**

**948

Working population ****40.9%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.6% for men and 51.7% for women. 59% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 47 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 142 (51%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 48 (17%) · **■** Marginal 43 (15%)

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

- Shyamnagar708 people
- Panchkula706 people
- Isabpur696 people
- Gopikantapur693 people
- Shitaljor687 people
- Rajda686 people
- Brojanathpur674 people
- Ramchandrapur672 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barachatra?687 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barachatra in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barachatra?58.8% (Census 2011)