# Bara Nagar Village, Nandigram - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Bara Nagar

Bara Nagar is a village in Nandigram - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **595 people in 102 households**, the 85th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.8%.

- 595people (2011)
- 102households
- 91.9%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Nagar

Of every 100 households in Bara Nagar in 2011, 67 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bara Nagar · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**34%

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

**86%

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

**11%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**2%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****39%**

**31%

Television ****11%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**32%

Own their home ****76%**

**96%

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 Nagar?

■ Bara Nagar · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.9%**

**84.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****891**

**922

Working population ****29.4%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.4% for men and 88.4% for women. 57% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 83 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (3%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 8 (5%) · **■** Marginal 76 (43%)

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 Nandigram - I

- Nandan Ayek Bar739 people
- Gagra Char709 people
- Hazra Kata651 people
- Anantapur Part-I602 people
- Manikpur595 people
- Moujbrindabanpur589 people
- Dhaneshwarpur480 people
- Mansakata Bharat Chak461 people

[All 98 villages in Nandigram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Nagar?595 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Nagar in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Nagar?91.9% (Census 2011)