# Bajra Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Bajra

Bajra is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,180 people in 253 households**, the 39th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,180people (2011)
- 253households
- 56.0%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bajra

Of every 100 households in Bajra in 2011, 15 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bajra · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****4%**

**41%

Television ****7%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Bajra?

■ Bajra · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.0%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1149**

**957

Working population ****50.4%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.4% for men and 37.2% for women. 54% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 18 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 27 (5%) · **■** Marginal 546 (92%)

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 Barabazar

- Damda1,292 people
- Pattoria1,278 people
- Bardaha1,222 people
- Lakshmanpur1,190 people
- Nischintapur1,162 people
- Sankhari1,140 people
- Bankati1,137 people
- Taldih Als.Nabudih Maisadabar1,137 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bajra?1,180 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bajra in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bajra?56.0% (Census 2011)