# Bara Nidhi Village, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Bara Nidhi

Bara Nidhi is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,097 people in 453 households**, the 23rd largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 2,097people (2011)
- 453households
- 89.3%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Nidhi

Of every 100 households in Bara Nidhi in 2011, 25 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Bara Nidhi · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**40%

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

**94%

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

**4%

Tap water ****37%**

**14%

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

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****12%**

**33%

Television ****9%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bara Nidhi?

■ Bara Nidhi · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.3%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****982**

**953

Working population ****35.9%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.2% for men and 82.9% for women. 62% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 282 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (12%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 213 (28%) · **■** Marginal 167 (22%)

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

- Rajendra Chak2,483 people
- Kamalpur2,463 people
- Asit Chak2,455 people
- Ganeshwarpur2,135 people
- Laskarpur2,079 people
- Debidaspur2,015 people
- Bidurpur1,970 people
- Jagannath Karbar1,920 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 Bara Nidhi?2,097 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Nidhi in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Nidhi?89.3% (Census 2011)