# Purba Barkola Village, Khoyrasol, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Khoyrasol, Birbhum 

# Purba Barkola

Purba Barkola is a village in Khoyrasol sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,412 people in 344 households**, the 34th largest of 130 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 1,412people (2011)
- 344households
- 53.6%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Barkola

Of every 100 households in Purba Barkola in 2011, 46 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purba Barkola · ■ Khoyrasol rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**19%

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

**2%

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

**51%

Use banking services ****21%**

**52%

Television ****23%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**30%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Purba Barkola?

■ Purba Barkola · ■ Khoyrasol rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.6%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**935

Working population ****32.2%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.1% for men and 43.5% for women. 58% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 22 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 174 (38%) · **■** Other work 72 (16%) · **■** Marginal 186 (41%)

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 Khoyrasol

- Maynadal1,512 people
- Rasidpur1,474 people
- Laubere1,465 people
- Mundira1,439 people
- Penchalia1,327 people
- Kharikabad1,324 people
- Bhaddi1,298 people
- Barajor1,295 people

[All 170 villages in Khoyrasol](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/khoyrasol/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Barkola?1,412 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Barkola in?Birbhum district (Khoyrasol sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Barkola?53.6% (Census 2011)