# Barbarya Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Barbarya

Barbarya is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,352 people in 309 households**, the 31st largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 1,352people (2011)
- 309households
- 90.1%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barbarya

Of every 100 households in Barbarya in 2011, 70 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barbarya · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**51%

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

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****46%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****76%**

**43%

Television ****18%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Barbarya?

■ Barbarya · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.1%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****887**

**956

Working population ****38.1%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.4% for men and 83.0% for women. 59% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 18 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 223 (43%) · **■** Household industry 15 (3%) · **■** Other work 135 (26%) · **■** Marginal 124 (24%)

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

- Baguran Jalpai1,573 people
- Krishna Khayartibar1,521 people
- Pania1,497 people
- Tentulmuri1,491 people
- Uttarkhasda1,315 people
- Band Gobindapur1,311 people
- Sahajadapur1,291 people
- Natdighi1,286 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 Barbarya?1,352 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barbarya in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barbarya?90.1% (Census 2011)