Village · Barabazar, Puruliya
# Sarberia

Sarberia is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,599 people in 349 households, the 21st largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.
- 1,599 people (2011)
- 349 households
- 56.3% literacy
- 960 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sarberia

Of every 100 households in Sarberia in 2011, 3 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sarberia · ■ Barabazar rural average
- Electricity for lighting 3% 22%
- Toilet within the home 1% 3%
- No toilet (open defecation) 99% 96%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 1% 5%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 85%
- Use banking services 52% 41%
- Television 2% 7%
- Mobile phone 7% 28%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 37% 18%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Sarberia?

■ Sarberia · ■ Barabazar rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 56.3% 62.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 960 978
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 815 957
- Working population 46.8% 50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.7% for men and 40.8% for women. 57% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 84 (11%) · ■ Farm labourers 65 (9%) · ■ Household industry 22 (3%) · ■ Other work 178 (24%) · ■ Marginal 399 (53%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Barabazar
- Tuima 1,666 people
- Dhadanga 1,614 people
- Gokulnagar 1,608 people
- Amrabera 1,603 people
- Parsa 1,596 people
- Laka 1,589 people
- Durku 1,564 people
- Kadoyan 1,482 people

All 215 villages in Barabazar

## Other places named Sarberia
- Sarberia · Village, Jaynagar - I, South Twenty Four Parganas · 3,154 people
- Sarberia · Village, Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya · 1,177 people
- Sarberia · Village, Mathurapur - I, South Twenty Four Parganas · 1,018 people
- Sarberia · Village, Chhatna, Bankura · 166 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Sarberia? 1,599 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarberia in? Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sarberia? 56.3% (Census 2011)

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