# Barai Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Barai

Barai is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **634 people in 158 households**, the 98th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 634people (2011)
- 158households
- 72.5%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barai

Of every 100 households in Barai in 2011, 93 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barai · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**32%

Tap water ****90%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****100%**

**60%

Television ****31%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****8%**

**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 Barai?

■ Barai · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1269**

**942

Working population ****53.8%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.8% for men and 64.0% for women. 64% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 75 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 171 (50%) · **■** Other work 59 (17%) · **■** Marginal 36 (11%)

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 Pingla

- Uttar Kuchaipur694 people
- Panchgerya674 people
- Bhusalya650 people
- Ptatap Chak647 people
- Harkandi629 people
- Dyaora620 people
- Sangram Chak619 people
- Kholageria616 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barai?634 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barai in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barai?72.5% (Census 2011)