# Bar Bhagia Village, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Bar Bhagia

Bar Bhagia is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,274 people in 261 households**, the 46th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,274people (2011)
- 261households
- 84.7%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bar Bhagia

Of every 100 households in Bar Bhagia in 2011, 16 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bar Bhagia · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**4%

Tap water ****56%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****58%**

**33%

Television ****4%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Bar Bhagia?

■ Bar Bhagia · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.7%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**953

Working population ****37.1%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.1% for men and 77.3% for women. 55% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 60 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 248 (52%) · **■** Other work 58 (12%) · **■** Marginal 107 (23%)

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 - II

- Gangadhar Bar1,392 people
- Uttar Pathari1,353 people
- Garia1,325 people
- Asti1,302 people
- Saharda1,262 people
- Aranga1,243 people
- Piraj Khan Bar1,176 people
- Tentuliagiri1,176 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bar Bhagia?1,274 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bar Bhagia in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bar Bhagia?84.7% (Census 2011)