# Barahat Village, Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Barahat

Barahat is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,781 people in 670 households**, the 12th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 2,781people (2011)
- 670households
- 90.4%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barahat

Of every 100 households in Barahat in 2011, 51 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barahat · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****38%**

**46%

Television ****16%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****18%**

**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 Barahat?

■ Barahat · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.4%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****767**

**932

Working population ****44.0%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.7% for men and 84.7% for women. 61% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 284 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 117 (10%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 82 (7%) · **■** Marginal 728 (59%)

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

- Naipur3,200 people
- Sahapur3,093 people
- Chistipur3,019 people
- Golara Nij3,001 people
- Kanakpur2,686 people
- Dhankar2,667 people
- Barui Pur2,618 people
- Teparpara2,505 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 Barahat?2,781 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barahat in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barahat?90.4% (Census 2011)