# Bara Barisha Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Bara Barisha

Bara Barisha is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **475 people in 90 households**, the 98th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 475people (2011)
- 90households
- 89.0%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Barisha

Of every 100 households in Bara Barisha in 2011, 99 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 37 cooked with LPG; 89 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bara Barisha · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**19%

Tap water ****13%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****37%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**90%

Use banking services ****75%**

**44%

Television ****78%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****89%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**17%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Barisha?

■ Bara Barisha · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.0%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1043**

**942

Working population ****36.2%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.2% for men and 80.8% for women. 64% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (6%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 146 (85%) · **■** Marginal 4 (2%)

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 Kolaghat

- Chak Gopal576 people
- Uttar Sagarbar543 people
- Bankura Chak493 people
- Jagannathpur484 people
- Chandpur472 people
- Balisar465 people
- Barada Nankar407 people
- Barisha372 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Barisha?475 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Barisha in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Barisha?89.0% (Census 2011)