# Barasara Village, Polba - Dadpur, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Polba - Dadpur, Hugli 

# Barasara

Barasara is a village in Polba - Dadpur sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,510 people in 357 households**, the 65th largest of 193 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.1%.

- 1,510people (2011)
- 357households
- 73.3%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barasara

Of every 100 households in Barasara in 2011, 60 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barasara · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**50%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**86%

Use banking services ****88%**

**56%

Television ****37%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**14%

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

**1%

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

**14%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Barasara?

■ Barasara · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.3%**

**75.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**942

Working population ****41.5%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 63.7% for women. 63% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 194 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 268 (43%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 138 (22%) · **■** Marginal 19 (3%)

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 Polba - Dadpur

- Mulgram1,544 people
- Khurigachhi1,541 people
- Harmala1,535 people
- Bali Kukhari1,515 people
- Dakatiar Bheri1,492 people
- Gobindapur1,452 people
- Hanral1,447 people
- Ganeshpur1,444 people

[All 194 villages in Polba - Dadpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/polba-dadpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barasara?1,510 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barasara in?Hugli district (Polba - Dadpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barasara?73.3% (Census 2011)