# Bardeshia Village, Barasat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bardeshia

Bardeshia is a village in Barasat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,226 people in 234 households**, the 59th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.1%.

- 1,226people (2011)
- 234households
- 76.8%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bardeshia

Of every 100 households in Bardeshia in 2011, 96 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bardeshia · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**16%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**51%

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

**4%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****90%**

**40%

Television ****22%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**9%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****39%**

**22%

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 Bardeshia?

■ Bardeshia · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.8%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1123**

**952

Working population ****26.4%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 66.5% for women. 49% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 9 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 250 (77%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 45 (14%) · **■** Marginal 19 (6%)

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 Barasat - II

- Kamduni1,418 people
- Ghosalpur1,412 people
- Chaugharia1,327 people
- Balipur1,311 people
- Kaipul1,213 people
- Aminpur1,055 people
- Dugdhia988 people
- Raigram983 people

[All 77 villages in Barasat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bardeshia?1,226 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bardeshia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bardeshia?76.8% (Census 2011)