# Barui Pur Village, Potashpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Barui Pur

Barui Pur is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,618 people in 605 households**, the 15th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 2,618people (2011)
- 605households
- 89.0%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barui Pur

Of every 100 households in Barui Pur in 2011, 13 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barui Pur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**95%

Use banking services ****49%**

**46%

Television ****7%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**0%

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

**30%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Barui Pur?

■ Barui Pur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.0%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****769**

**932

Working population ****45.8%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.7% for men and 82.7% for women. 63% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 350 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 153 (13%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 256 (21%) · **■** Marginal 434 (36%)

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

- Golara Nij3,001 people
- Barahat2,781 people
- Kanakpur2,686 people
- Dhankar2,667 people
- Teparpara2,505 people
- Shyam Khola2,497 people
- Goyalda2,318 people
- Makrampur2,293 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 Barui Pur?2,618 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barui Pur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barui Pur?89.0% (Census 2011)