# Barachahara Village, Sabang, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sabang, Paschim Medinipur 

# Barachahara

Barachahara is a village in Sabang sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,552 people in 598 households**, the 24th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 2,552people (2011)
- 598households
- 81.2%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barachahara

Of every 100 households in Barachahara in 2011, 39 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barachahara · ■ Sabang rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**38%

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

**77%

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

**22%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**16%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****50%**

**48%

Television ****15%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**20%

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 Barachahara?

■ Barachahara · ■ Sabang rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.2%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**952

Working population ****57.4%**

**59.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.9% for men and 74.1% for women. 67% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 414 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 193 (13%) · **■** Household industry 6 (0%) · **■** Other work 78 (5%) · **■** Marginal 775 (53%)

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

- Kapasda2,749 people
- Kharika2,650 people
- Banai2,648 people
- Lutunia2,634 people
- Debhog2,508 people
- Narayanbar2,450 people
- Bar Sahara2,436 people
- Gundut2,422 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barachahara?2,552 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barachahara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sabang sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barachahara?81.2% (Census 2011)