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

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Barida

Barida is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,630 people in 962 households**, the 8th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 4,630people (2011)
- 962households
- 79.1%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barida

Of every 100 households in Barida in 2011, 39 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barida · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**10%

Tap water ****10%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**40%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****16%**

**37%

Television ****8%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Barida?

■ Barida · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.1%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****842**

**926

Working population ****42.1%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 70.4% for women. 59% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 584 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 143 (7%) · **■** Household industry 7 (0%) · **■** Other work 114 (6%) · **■** Marginal 1,100 (56%)

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

- Alangiri6,099 people
- Panchrol5,615 people
- Chatla5,443 people
- Amdai5,181 people
- Nagua4,396 people
- Rasan4,114 people
- Barttana3,799 people
- Barda3,083 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 Barida?4,630 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barida in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barida?79.1% (Census 2011)