Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur
# Barkasmili

Barkasmili is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 779 people in 143 households, the 77th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.
- 779 people (2011)
- 143 households
- 92.0% literacy
- 923 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barkasmili

Of every 100 households in Barkasmili in 2011, 35 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barkasmili · ■ Contai - III rural average
- Electricity for lighting 35% 40%
- Toilet within the home 93% 95%
- No toilet (open defecation) 7% 4%
- Tap water 72% 20%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 2%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 33% 92%
- Use banking services 66% 42%
- Television 13% 14%
- Mobile phone 56% 44%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 13% 27%
- Own their home 100% 94%

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

## What is the population of Barkasmili?

■ Barkasmili · ■ Contai - III rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 92.0% 89.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 923 945
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 963 948
- Working population 53.5% 41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.2% for men and 86.3% for women. 62% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 69 (17%) · ■ Farm labourers 93 (22%) · ■ Household industry 10 (2%) · ■ Other work 88 (21%) · ■ Marginal 157 (38%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Contai - III
- Kakhuria 789 people
- Uttar Pithulia 788 people
- Bara Rasulpur 786 people
- Purba Fatepur 780 people
- Ratnamala 775 people
- Shikhar Patra Bar 768 people
- Amratalia 736 people
- Barani 716 people

All 166 villages in Contai - III

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Barkasmili? 779 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barkasmili in? Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barkasmili? 92.0% (Census 2011)

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