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

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Village · Dantan - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Jana Bar

Jana Bar is a village in Dantan - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,063 people in 226 households**, the 53rd largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.5%.

- 1,063people (2011)
- 226households
- 73.0%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jana Bar

Of every 100 households in Jana Bar in 2011, 29 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jana Bar · ■ Dantan - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**17%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**98%

Use banking services ****26%**

**60%

Television ****20%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**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 Jana Bar?

■ Jana Bar · ■ Dantan - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.0%**

**82.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1183**

**953

Working population ****49.2%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 64.8% for women. 59% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 93 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (8%) · **■** Other work 60 (11%) · **■** Marginal 328 (63%)

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

- Lakibar1,168 people
- Uttar Asda1,118 people
- Damodarpur1,110 people
- Panch Kunia1,086 people
- Kalyanpur1,061 people
- Ramchandrapur1,050 people
- Gaurda990 people
- Pipursai973 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 Jana Bar?1,063 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jana Bar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jana Bar?73.0% (Census 2011)