# Barasahapur Village, Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Barasahapur

Barasahapur is a village in Mohanpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,875 people in 345 households**, the 17th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 1,875people (2011)
- 345households
- 65.0%literacy
- 884females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barasahapur

Of every 100 households in Barasahapur in 2011, 4 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barasahapur · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**19%

Tap water ****100%**

**8%

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

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**98%

Use banking services ****17%**

**43%

Television ****1%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Barasahapur?

■ Barasahapur · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.0%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****884**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****762**

**946

Working population ****27.7%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.0% for men and 57.4% for women. 51% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 276 (53%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 9 (2%) · **■** Marginal 155 (30%)

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 Mohanpur

- Bagda2,184 people
- Srichandanpur2,158 people
- Purunia2,129 people
- Kusumda1,876 people
- Remu1,753 people
- Jarisai1,604 people
- Srirampur1,576 people
- Agarara1,381 people

[All 103 villages in Mohanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/mohanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barasahapur?1,875 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barasahapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Mohanpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barasahapur?65.0% (Census 2011)