# Bara Baghra Village, Dantan - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Bara Baghra

Bara Baghra is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,765 people in 388 households**, the 21st largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,765people (2011)
- 388households
- 69.2%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Baghra

Of every 100 households in Bara Baghra in 2011, 18 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bara Baghra · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****88%**

**62%

Television ****0%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Baghra?

■ Bara Baghra · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.2%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****888**

**963

Working population ****37.8%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.1% for men and 62.8% for women. 60% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 62 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 216 (32%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 149 (22%) · **■** Marginal 238 (36%)

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 Dantan - I

- Paikbar1,926 people
- Sonakania1,848 people
- Kuhura1,819 people
- Nimpur1,801 people
- Rajnagar1,689 people
- Saorapir1,665 people
- Bamanbirua1,658 people
- Antri1,613 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Baghra?1,765 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Baghra in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Baghra?69.2% (Census 2011)