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

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Barbasanta

Barbasanta is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,511 people in 322 households**, the 56th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 1,511people (2011)
- 322households
- 83.7%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barbasanta

Of every 100 households in Barbasanta in 2011, 50 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barbasanta · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**20%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

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

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****43%**

**91%

Use banking services ****6%**

**45%

Television ****12%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**20%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Barbasanta?

■ Barbasanta · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.7%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****768**

**972

Working population ****29.0%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.3% for men and 79.8% for women. 53% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 16 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 79 (18%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 214 (49%) · **■** Marginal 128 (29%)

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

- Madanmohanchak1,663 people
- Chak Garupota1,601 people
- Bhubunkalua1,540 people
- Lohanda1,515 people
- Salikadamodarpur1,487 people
- Jotankur1,474 people
- Kulberya1,468 people
- Uttar Bagnan1,441 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barbasanta?1,511 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barbasanta in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barbasanta?83.7% (Census 2011)