# Baranehari Village, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Baranehari

Baranehari is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,302 people in 491 households**, the 22nd largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 2,302people (2011)
- 491households
- 85.6%literacy
- 869females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baranehari

Of every 100 households in Baranehari in 2011, 16 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baranehari · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**46%

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

**88%

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

**10%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****36%**

**37%

Television ****12%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Baranehari?

■ Baranehari · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.6%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****869**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****742**

**926

Working population ****40.8%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.4% for men and 77.9% for women. 64% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 257 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 221 (24%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 195 (21%) · **■** Marginal 255 (27%)

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 Egra - I

- Sarrang2,448 people
- Bolkushda2,403 people
- Shipur2,399 people
- Sahara2,378 people
- Shwnia2,221 people
- Jamki2,175 people
- Charpalia1,954 people
- Khal Shutia1,914 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baranehari?2,302 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baranehari in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baranehari?85.6% (Census 2011)