# Barasangra Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Barasangra

Barasangra is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,253 people in 311 households**, the 41st largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,253people (2011)
- 311households
- 72.8%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barasangra

Of every 100 households in Barasangra in 2011, 26 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barasangra · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**85%

Use banking services ****68%**

**57%

Television ****12%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Barasangra?

■ Barasangra · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**961

Working population ****44.3%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 66.0% for women. 59% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 96 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 200 (36%) · **■** Other work 55 (10%) · **■** Marginal 204 (37%)

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 Sainthia

- Pariharpur1,336 people
- Dahira1,312 people
- Bangjita1,298 people
- Mitrapur1,267 people
- Kaluraypur1,240 people
- Ikra1,231 people
- Deriapur1,218 people
- Bholagaria1,216 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barasangra?1,253 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barasangra in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barasangra?72.8% (Census 2011)