# Barkhola Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Barkhola

Barkhola is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **388 people in 86 households**, the 254th largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 388people (2011)
- 86households
- 67.8%literacy
- 1,031females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barkhola

Of every 100 households in Barkhola in 2011, 94 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barkhola · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**34%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****27%**

**50%

Television ****21%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Barkhola?

■ Barkhola · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.8%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1031**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1130**

**988

Working population ****59.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 57.9% for women. 65% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (3%) · **■** Other work 9 (4%) · **■** Marginal 210 (91%)

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 Debra

- Raypur395 people
- Bashagerya394 people
- Dig Barasati391 people
- Sijgerya389 people
- Dhit Gerya388 people
- Dinapur388 people
- Iarpur386 people
- Dhobadangi384 people

[All 477 villages in Debra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/debra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barkhola?388 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barkhola in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barkhola?67.8% (Census 2011)