# Barea Village, Memari - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Memari - I, Barddhaman 

# Barea

Barea is a village in Memari - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **754 people in 170 households**, the 86th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 754people (2011)
- 170households
- 68.9%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barea

Of every 100 households in Barea in 2011, 27 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barea · ■ Memari - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**43%

Tap water ****1%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**74%

Use banking services ****18%**

**39%

Television ****16%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Barea?

■ Barea · ■ Memari - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****796**

**973

Working population ****51.2%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.7% for men and 60.0% for women. 58% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 16 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 151 (39%) · **■** Household industry 11 (3%) · **■** Other work 32 (8%) · **■** Marginal 176 (46%)

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 Memari - I

- Kole812 people
- Sahapur812 people
- Nalsara786 people
- Krishnapur777 people
- Gopinathpur741 people
- Telsara736 people
- Brahmanpara706 people
- Hatbaksa688 people

[All 112 villages in Memari - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/memari-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barea?754 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barea in?Barddhaman district (Memari - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barea?68.9% (Census 2011)