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

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Barisha

Barisha is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **372 people in 96 households**, the 102nd largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 372people (2011)
- 96households
- 81.0%literacy
- 1,067females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barisha

Of every 100 households in Barisha in 2011, 96 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 32 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barisha · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**19%

Tap water ****15%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****32%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****63%**

**90%

Use banking services ****57%**

**44%

Television ****64%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**17%

Own their home ****75%**

**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 Barisha?

■ Barisha · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.0%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1067**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**942

Working population ****36.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 74.0% for women. 59% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (8%) · **■** Other work 115 (86%) · **■** Marginal 6 (4%)

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

- Bara Barisha475 people
- Chandpur472 people
- Balisar465 people
- Barada Nankar407 people
- Sridhar Basan351 people
- Bishnubar238 people
- Gopal Chak163 people
- Benia47 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barisha?372 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barisha in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barisha?81.0% (Census 2011)