# Bargai Village, Kharagpur - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kharagpur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Bargai

Bargai is a village in Kharagpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,291 people in 245 households**, the 33rd largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 1,291people (2011)
- 245households
- 74.7%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bargai

Of every 100 households in Bargai in 2011, 73 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bargai · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**58%

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

**34%

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

**66%

Tap water ****3%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**41%

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

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**83%

Use banking services ****71%**

**46%

Television ****50%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****25%**

**15%

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

**2%

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

**15%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Bargai?

■ Bargai · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****913**

**971

Working population ****33.9%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 68.3% for women. 55% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 97 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (15%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 163 (37%) · **■** Marginal 110 (25%)

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 Kharagpur - I

- Walipur1,411 people
- Pathri1,378 people
- Khalkona1,354 people
- Shankarachak1,322 people
- Porapara1,233 people
- Rajpura1,146 people
- Dewanmara Ayma1,145 people
- Basantapur1,142 people

[All 268 villages in Kharagpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bargai?1,291 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bargai in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bargai?74.7% (Census 2011)