# Bara Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bara

Bara is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,193 people in 282 households**, the 53rd largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,193people (2011)
- 282households
- 75.9%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara

Of every 100 households in Bara in 2011, 15 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bara · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****83%**

**41%

Television ****17%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**26%

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 Bara?

■ Bara · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.9%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****730**

**965

Working population ****44.6%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 66.7% for women. 56% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 180 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (18%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 35 (7%) · **■** Marginal 214 (40%)

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 Balurghat

- Gongasagar1,285 people
- Dogachhi1,229 people
- Pirijpur1,207 people
- Kumargram1,196 people
- Lakshmipur1,190 people
- Osail1,186 people
- Nazirpur1,175 people
- Bidaypur1,162 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara?1,193 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara?75.9% (Census 2011)