# Piraj Khan Bar Village, Egra - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Piraj Khan Bar

Piraj Khan Bar is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,176 people in 243 households**, the 49th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,176people (2011)
- 243households
- 92.9%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Piraj Khan Bar

Of every 100 households in Piraj Khan Bar in 2011, 54 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Piraj Khan Bar · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**94%

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

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**96%

Use banking services ****78%**

**33%

Television ****17%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Piraj Khan Bar?

■ Piraj Khan Bar · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.9%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****767**

**953

Working population ****54.4%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.2% for men and 89.3% for women. 61% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 121 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 147 (23%) · **■** Household industry 230 (36%) · **■** Other work 105 (16%) · **■** Marginal 37 (6%)

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

- Asti1,302 people
- Bar Bhagia1,274 people
- Saharda1,262 people
- Aranga1,243 people
- Tentuliagiri1,176 people
- Mota Ghata1,111 people
- Keutgerya1,101 people
- Jinandapur1,077 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 Piraj Khan Bar?1,176 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Piraj Khan Bar in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Piraj Khan Bar?92.9% (Census 2011)