# Barhara Shankar Village, Sahid Matangini – Population

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Village · Sahid Matangini, Purba Medinipur 

# Barhara Shankar

Barhara Shankar is a village in Sahid Matangini sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,444 people in 315 households**, the 56th largest of 81 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 1,444people (2011)
- 315households
- 86.7%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barhara Shankar

Of every 100 households in Barhara Shankar in 2011, 72 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barhara Shankar · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**68%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**74%

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

**21%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**89%

Use banking services ****27%**

**38%

Television ****24%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**24%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Barhara Shankar?

■ Barhara Shankar · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.7%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****805**

**955

Working population ****40.4%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.7% for men and 77.2% for women. 56% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 56 (10%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 27 (5%) · **■** Marginal 499 (86%)

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 Sahid Matangini

- Harasankar Ranichak1,480 people
- Naya Basan1,473 people
- Sonapetya1,452 people
- Chandramer1,445 people
- Patanda1,398 people
- Ranichak1,394 people
- Udaychak1,387 people
- Khoskana1,369 people

[All 86 villages in Sahid Matangini](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sahid-matangini/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barhara Shankar?1,444 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barhara Shankar in?Purba Medinipur district (Sahid Matangini sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barhara Shankar?86.7% (Census 2011)