# Bar Sahara Village, Sabang, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sabang, Paschim Medinipur 

# Bar Sahara

Bar Sahara is a village in Sabang sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,436 people in 551 households**, the 27th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 2,436people (2011)
- 551households
- 80.6%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bar Sahara

Of every 100 households in Bar Sahara in 2011, 25 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bar Sahara · ■ Sabang rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**16%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**94%

Use banking services ****23%**

**48%

Television ****9%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****39%**

**20%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Bar Sahara?

■ Bar Sahara · ■ Sabang rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.6%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**952

Working population ****62.3%**

**59.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 74.1% for women. 65% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 229 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 168 (11%) · **■** Household industry 33 (2%) · **■** Other work 86 (6%) · **■** Marginal 1,002 (66%)

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 Sabang

- Lutunia2,634 people
- Barachahara2,552 people
- Debhog2,508 people
- Narayanbar2,450 people
- Gundut2,422 people
- Harnan2,295 people
- Mashumpur2,261 people
- Kundalpal2,257 people

[All 232 villages in Sabang](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sabang/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bar Sahara?2,436 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bar Sahara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sabang sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bar Sahara?80.6% (Census 2011)