# Bara Bhagia Village, Potashpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Bara Bhagia

Bara Bhagia is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,211 people in 270 households**, the 44th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 1,211people (2011)
- 270households
- 90.7%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Bhagia

Of every 100 households in Bara Bhagia in 2011, 1 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bara Bhagia · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**39%

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

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**18%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****16%**

**46%

Television ****5%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****19%**

**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 Bara Bhagia?

■ Bara Bhagia · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.7%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****859**

**932

Working population ****33.0%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.9% for men and 85.5% for women. 63% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 236 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (22%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 58 (14%) · **■** Marginal 12 (3%)

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

- Sanya1,279 people
- Dhokra Banka1,272 people
- Mirjapur1,258 people
- Khidirpur1,236 people
- Ektarpur1,184 people
- Golara Bheri1,147 people
- Irda1,145 people
- Brajalalpur1,144 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 Bara Bhagia?1,211 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Bhagia in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Bhagia?90.7% (Census 2011)