# Bachhipur Bar Village, Contai - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Bachhipur Bar

Bachhipur Bar is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **271 people in 59 households**, the 179th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 271people (2011)
- 59households
- 78.2%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bachhipur Bar

Of every 100 households in Bachhipur Bar in 2011, 45 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bachhipur Bar · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**15%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**91%

Use banking services ****18%**

**43%

Television ****7%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**25%

Own their home ****88%**

**96%

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 Bachhipur Bar?

■ Bachhipur Bar · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****737**

**956

Working population ****32.5%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 71.4% for women. 59% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 57 (65%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (11%) · **■** Other work 8 (9%) · **■** Marginal 13 (15%)

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 Contai - I

- Badalpur281 people
- Baguran281 people
- Benipur277 people
- Betbani277 people
- Chhatradhara260 people
- Mankarai Put250 people
- Baidyaharana247 people
- Raghu Sardar Bar238 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bachhipur Bar?271 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bachhipur Bar in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bachhipur Bar?78.2% (Census 2011)