# Bhat Bar Village, Potashpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Bhat Bar

Bhat Bar is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **587 people in 127 households**, the 98th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 587people (2011)
- 127households
- 92.0%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhat Bar

Of every 100 households in Bhat Bar in 2011, 26 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bhat Bar · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**34%

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

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**24%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****16%**

**36%

Television ****18%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**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 Bhat Bar?

■ Bhat Bar · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.0%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****970**

**943

Working population ****37.8%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.5% for men and 84.7% for women. 68% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 72 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (25%) · **■** Household industry 9 (4%) · **■** Other work 63 (28%) · **■** Marginal 22 (10%)

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

- Kamalpur632 people
- Chak Padu631 people
- Dainda625 people
- Barbatia616 people
- Muradpur586 people
- Sankonyarda583 people
- Tahalia569 people
- Ratanpur560 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 Bhat Bar?587 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhat Bar in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhat Bar?92.0% (Census 2011)