# Baman Bar Village, Potashpur - II – Population & Literacy (2)

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Baman Bar

Baman Bar is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,230 people in 300 households**, the 47th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,230people (2011)
- 300households
- 94.0%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baman Bar

Of every 100 households in Baman Bar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Baman Bar · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**24%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****18%**

**36%

Television ****4%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Baman Bar?

■ Baman Bar · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.0%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**943

Working population ****33.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.1% for men and 90.8% for women. 58% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 114 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (3%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 19 (5%) · **■** Marginal 251 (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 - II

- Agraiya1,266 people
- Samashpur1,253 people
- Braja Kishorpur1,248 people
- Dhusurda1,237 people
- Deulbar1,224 people
- Kashimpur1,220 people
- Satsanda1,218 people
- Ichhabari1,202 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baman Bar?1,230 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baman Bar in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baman Bar?94.0% (Census 2011)