# Barani Village, Contai - III, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Barani

Barani is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **716 people in 139 households**, the 81st largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 716people (2011)
- 139households
- 89.3%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barani

Of every 100 households in Barani in 2011, 54 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barani · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****27%**

**42%

Television ****5%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Barani?

■ Barani · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.3%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****878**

**948

Working population ****58.4%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.2% for men and 84.2% for women. 62% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 109 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (13%) · **■** Other work 33 (8%) · **■** Marginal 222 (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 Contai - III

- Barkasmili779 people
- Ratnamala775 people
- Shikhar Patra Bar768 people
- Amratalia736 people
- Ballabpur712 people
- Shibpur Betalya697 people
- Dahalauda693 people
- Bara Naoai691 people

[All 166 villages in Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barani?716 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barani in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barani?89.3% (Census 2011)