# Bara Bankra Village, Swarupnagar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Swarupnagar, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bara Bankra

Bara Bankra is a village in Swarupnagar sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,866 people in 1,629 households**, the 8th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 6,866people (2011)
- 1,629households
- 72.6%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Bankra

Of every 100 households in Bara Bankra in 2011, 24 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bara Bankra · ■ Swarupnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**70%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**25%

Tap water ****33%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**95%

Use banking services ****28%**

**34%

Television ****7%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**24%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Bankra?

■ Bara Bankra · ■ Swarupnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**956

Working population ****35.2%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.4% for men and 69.7% for women. 59% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 212 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 715 (30%) · **■** Household industry 194 (8%) · **■** Other work 736 (30%) · **■** Marginal 560 (23%)

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 Swarupnagar

- Dattapara8,532 people
- Sarapul8,290 people
- Nalabara7,572 people
- Purba Polta7,483 people
- Charghat6,819 people
- Gopalpur6,799 people
- Gokulpur6,638 people
- Kanchdahh6,224 people

[All 65 villages in Swarupnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/swarupnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Bankra?6,866 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Bankra in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Swarupnagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Bankra?72.6% (Census 2011)