# Bar Shankar Village, Potashpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Bar Shankar

Bar Shankar is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,827 people in 381 households**, the 27th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 1,827people (2011)
- 381households
- 89.8%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bar Shankar

Of every 100 households in Bar Shankar in 2011, 33 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bar Shankar · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**4%

Tap water ****3%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**18%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****46%**

**46%

Television ****18%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**0%

None of these assets ****24%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Bar Shankar?

■ Bar Shankar · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.8%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****990**

**932

Working population ****47.1%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.7% for men and 85.8% for women. 62% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 84 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 185 (21%) · **■** Other work 54 (6%) · **■** Marginal 538 (62%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Saridaspur2,101 people
- Padima1,879 people
- Shoula Bheri1,856 people
- Tal Chitkini1,829 people
- Maninathpur1,789 people
- Aymabar Barya1,730 people
- Panchuria1,691 people
- Amgechhe1,676 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bar Shankar?1,827 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bar Shankar in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bar Shankar?89.8% (Census 2011)