# Barchun Para Village, Contai - III – Population & Literacy

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Barchun Para

Barchun Para is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **928 people in 213 households**, the 57th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 928people (2011)
- 213households
- 92.5%literacy
- 871females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barchun Para

Of every 100 households in Barchun Para in 2011, 44 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barchun Para · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**4%

Tap water ****2%**

**20%

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

**2%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**92%

Use banking services ****12%**

**42%

Television ****14%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**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 Barchun Para?

■ Barchun Para · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.5%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****871**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****739**

**948

Working population ****36.0%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.4% for men and 90.2% for women. 56% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 54 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (23%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 82 (25%) · **■** Marginal 118 (35%)

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

- Ghoratala968 people
- Uttar Tentulmuri955 people
- Kurkraul952 people
- Siuli Bar937 people
- Paschim Fatepur925 people
- Bagha Danri899 people
- Marisi891 people
- Khalsi Berya869 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 Barchun Para?928 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barchun Para in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barchun Para?92.5% (Census 2011)