Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur
# Barabari

Barabari is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 577 people in 116 households, the 96th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 96.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.
- 577 people (2011)
- 116 households
- 96.4% literacy
- 1,032 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barabari

Of every 100 households in Barabari in 2011, 0 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barabari · ■ Contai - III rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 40%
- Toilet within the home 98% 95%
- No toilet (open defecation) 1% 4%
- Tap water 0% 20%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 2%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 97% 92%
- Use banking services 54% 42%
- Television 18% 14%
- Mobile phone 37% 44%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 5% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 21% 27%
- Own their home 99% 94%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Barabari?

■ Barabari · ■ Contai - III rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 96.4% 89.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1032 945
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1607 948
- Working population 33.6% 41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.7% for men and 95.2% for women. 59% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 31 (16%) · ■ Farm labourers 55 (28%) · ■ Household industry 2 (1%) · ■ Other work 59 (30%) · ■ Marginal 47 (24%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Contai - III
- Uttar Ramchandrapur 598 people
- Panchberya 597 people
- Rampatra Bar 591 people
- Haibatpur 589 people
- Olmaidal Bar 577 people
- Uttar Ektarpur 565 people
- Alampur 561 people
- Rasulpur 561 people

All 166 villages in Contai - III

## Other places named Barabari
- Barabari · Village, Haldia, Purba Medinipur · 5,051 people
- Barabari · Village, Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda, Dhanbad · 1,430 people
- Bara Bari · Village, Bhagawanpur - II, Purba Medinipur · 1,289 people
- Barabari · Village, Dumburnagar, Dhalai · 535 people
- Barabari · Village, Salepur, Cuttack · 492 people
- Barabari · Village, Gazole, Maldah · 427 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Barabari? 577 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barabari in? Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barabari? 96.4% (Census 2011)

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