# Brahman Bar Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Brahman Bar

Brahman Bar is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **548 people in 135 households**, the 108th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 548people (2011)
- 135households
- 65.3%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Brahman Bar

Of every 100 households in Brahman Bar in 2011, 42 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Brahman Bar · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**32%

Tap water ****95%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****23%**

**95%

Use banking services ****69%**

**60%

Television ****19%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**0%

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

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Brahman Bar?

■ Brahman Bar · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.3%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****854**

**942

Working population ****48.2%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.5% for men and 51.9% for women. 54% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 16 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (36%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 14 (5%) · **■** Marginal 137 (52%)

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

- Eral Chak600 people
- Nakpura578 people
- Dakshin Kalapunja564 people
- Sitarampur557 people
- Gangadaspur546 people
- Paikchak540 people
- Dhaneshwarpur Uttar Bar539 people
- Aknagere538 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Brahman Bar?548 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Brahman Bar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Brahman Bar?65.3% (Census 2011)