# Agarbar Village, Dantan - II, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Agarbar

Agarbar is a village in Dantan - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,180 people in 278 households**, the 48th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.5%.

- 1,180people (2011)
- 278households
- 83.3%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Agarbar

Of every 100 households in Agarbar in 2011, 3 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Agarbar · ■ Dantan - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**17%

Tap water ****4%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**31%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****96%**

**60%

Television ****7%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**14%

Own their home ****95%**

**99%

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 Agarbar?

■ Agarbar · ■ Dantan - II rural average

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

**82.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**953

Working population ****44.2%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 77.5% for women. 63% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 74 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 211 (40%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 95 (18%) · **■** Marginal 136 (26%)

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 - II

- Kasnmali1,244 people
- Lalpur1,244 people
- Japhala1,218 people
- Krishnapur1,198 people
- Lakibar1,168 people
- Uttar Asda1,118 people
- Damodarpur1,110 people
- Panch Kunia1,086 people

[All 128 villages in Dantan - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Agarbar?1,180 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Agarbar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Agarbar?83.3% (Census 2011)