# Barnabin Village, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Barnabin

Barnabin is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,365 people in 260 households**, the 61st largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 1,365people (2011)
- 260households
- 80.9%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barnabin

Of every 100 households in Barnabin in 2011, 72 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barnabin · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**49%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****73%**

**37%

Television ****25%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**22%

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 Barnabin?

■ Barnabin · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.9%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1012**

**959

Working population ****32.8%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 73.5% for women. 62% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 213 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (6%) · **■** Household industry 34 (8%) · **■** Other work 27 (6%) · **■** Marginal 145 (32%)

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 Ghatal

- Chauka1,495 people
- Gobindapur1,420 people
- Kismaidirghalgram1,384 people
- Gangaprasad1,382 people
- Dontiara1,312 people
- Jamira1,312 people
- Gholshahi1,286 people
- Chak Lachhipur1,280 people

[All 145 villages in Ghatal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/ghatal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barnabin?1,365 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barnabin in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barnabin?80.9% (Census 2011)