# Bara Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Bara

Bara is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,579 people in 628 households**, the 11th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 2,579people (2011)
- 628households
- 83.3%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara

Of every 100 households in Bara in 2011, 24 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bara · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****77%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****86%**

**62%

Television ****8%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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?

■ Bara · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.3%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**963

Working population ****30.1%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 78.3% for women. 52% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 421 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 92 (12%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 72 (9%) · **■** Marginal 190 (24%)

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

- Monoharpur2,884 people
- Raybar Uttar2,814 people
- Bhabanipur2,801 people
- Tarrui2,682 people
- Ektarpur Takinagar2,522 people
- Angua2,337 people
- Uttar Arbana2,297 people
- Gazipur Patna2,089 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?2,579 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara?83.3% (Census 2011)