# Barbarya Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Barbarya

Barbarya is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,692 people in 931 households**, the 9th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 4,692people (2011)
- 931households
- 86.3%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barbarya

Of every 100 households in Barbarya in 2011, 56 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barbarya · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**20%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**7%

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

**3%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****40%**

**45%

Television ****25%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Barbarya?

■ Barbarya · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.3%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**972

Working population ****35.4%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.1% for men and 80.0% for women. 55% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 159 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 180 (11%) · **■** Household industry 83 (5%) · **■** Other work 575 (35%) · **■** Marginal 666 (40%)

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 Tamluk

- Bishnubar4,957 people
- Mirikpur4,865 people
- Purbba Nukha4,766 people
- Uttar Sonamul4,711 people
- Harashankar4,379 people
- Harashankar Garkilla3,808 people
- Bhubaneswarpur3,787 people
- Banhichar3,670 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barbarya?4,692 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barbarya in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barbarya?86.3% (Census 2011)