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

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Bilbara

Bilbara is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,057 people in 228 households**, the 46th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 1,057people (2011)
- 228households
- 68.1%literacy
- 1,006females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bilbara

Of every 100 households in Bilbara in 2011, 76 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Bilbara · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**46%

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

**88%

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

**10%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****84%**

**37%

Television ****44%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**26%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Bilbara?

■ Bilbara · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.1%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**926

Working population ****39.5%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.8% for men and 59.5% for women. 61% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 34 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (16%) · **■** Household industry 34 (8%) · **■** Other work 102 (24%) · **■** Marginal 182 (44%)

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

- Akandi1,142 people
- Sannihari1,125 people
- Shikra Chakadei1,078 people
- Satkhanda1,074 people
- Khodkol1,045 people
- Biharipur1,015 people
- Gahabi1,014 people
- Rayda1,001 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 Bilbara?1,057 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bilbara in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bilbara?68.1% (Census 2011)