# Barar Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Barar

Barar is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,954 people in 424 households**, the 51st largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 1,954people (2011)
- 424households
- 64.3%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barar

Of every 100 households in Barar in 2011, 6 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barar · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**16%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****3%**

**27%

Television ****10%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****38%**

**53%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Barar?

■ Barar · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****891**

**960

Working population ****33.0%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.3% for men and 56.8% for women. 58% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 198 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 278 (43%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 21 (3%) · **■** Marginal 141 (22%)

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 Khargram

- Khesar2,075 people
- Dasdebagram1,974 people
- Ninur1,970 people
- Palsanda1,969 people
- Bagrain1,921 people
- Dhanigram1,840 people
- Garutia1,832 people
- Kalgram1,824 people

[All 155 villages in Khargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/khargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barar?1,954 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barar in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barar?64.3% (Census 2011)