# Purba Bar Village, Bhagawanpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhagawanpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Purba Bar

Purba Bar is a village in Bhagawanpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,653 people in 445 households**, the 45th largest of 164 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 88.4%.

- 1,653people (2011)
- 445households
- 91.7%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Bar

Of every 100 households in Purba Bar in 2011, 15 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Bar · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**10%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****52%**

**38%

Television ****3%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****79%**

**33%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Purba Bar?

■ Purba Bar · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.7%**

**88.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****915**

**934

Working population ****48.4%**

**38.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.3% for men and 87.0% for women. 59% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 41 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 109 (14%) · **■** Household industry 25 (3%) · **■** Other work 36 (4%) · **■** Marginal 589 (74%)

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 Bhagawanpur - I

- Kalur Bheri1,782 people
- Khajurari1,702 people
- Chara Bar1,681 people
- Dalbar1,659 people
- Pajankul1,602 people
- Dhanda1,589 people
- Barttan1,579 people
- Bhim Chak1,578 people

[All 165 villages in Bhagawanpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/bhagawanpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Bar?1,653 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Bar in?Purba Medinipur district (Bhagawanpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Bar?91.7% (Census 2011)