# Dhaurya Bar Village, Contai - III – Population & Literacy

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Dhaurya Bar

Dhaurya Bar is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,086 people in 238 households**, the 43rd largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 1,086people (2011)
- 238households
- 91.4%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhaurya Bar

Of every 100 households in Dhaurya Bar in 2011, 19 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhaurya Bar · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****1%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**92%

Use banking services ****49%**

**42%

Television ****7%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**27%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dhaurya Bar?

■ Dhaurya Bar · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.4%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**948

Working population ****39.4%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.0% for men and 86.6% for women. 60% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 57 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 119 (28%) · **■** Household industry 12 (3%) · **■** Other work 157 (37%) · **■** Marginal 83 (19%)

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

- Karalda Nahera Bar1,130 people
- Lauda1,124 people
- Paschim Kamarda1,113 people
- Jethai Bari1,110 people
- Pachim Purulia1,058 people
- Malbari1,050 people
- Panchirya1,049 people
- Benamuri1,048 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 Dhaurya Bar?1,086 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhaurya Bar in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhaurya Bar?91.4% (Census 2011)