# Barbasantapur Village, Kharagpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kharagpur - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Barbasantapur

Barbasantapur is a village in Kharagpur - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **645 people in 155 households**, the 88th largest of 330 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.1%.

- 645people (2011)
- 155households
- 77.9%literacy
- 1,074females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barbasantapur

Of every 100 households in Barbasantapur in 2011, 83 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barbasantapur · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**50%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**94%

Use banking services ****87%**

**42%

Television ****34%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Barbasantapur?

■ Barbasantapur · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.9%**

**76.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1074**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****933**

**970

Working population ****41.9%**

**43.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 71.6% for women. 55% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 65 (24%) · **■** Other work 34 (13%) · **■** Marginal 171 (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 Kharagpur - II

- Manikpur672 people
- Andulya668 people
- Jamjhatia668 people
- Disiti664 people
- Lakichak642 people
- Gobindanagar636 people
- Srimantapur628 people
- Ramnagar622 people

[All 353 villages in Kharagpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barbasantapur?645 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barbasantapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barbasantapur?77.9% (Census 2011)