# Siarketya Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Siarketya

Siarketya is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **685 people in 117 households**, the 100th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 685people (2011)
- 117households
- 72.4%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Siarketya

Of every 100 households in Siarketya in 2011, 49 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Siarketya · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****27%**

**41%

Television ****6%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Siarketya?

■ Siarketya · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**957

Working population ****57.5%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.9% for men and 58.7% for women. 57% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 9 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (6%) · **■** Other work 17 (4%) · **■** Marginal 346 (88%)

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

- Karmabera694 people
- Gordih688 people
- Ranipukur687 people
- Satsayerdih685 people
- Dhabera682 people
- Kansbahal676 people
- Bhelaidih666 people
- Ajodhya664 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Siarketya?685 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Siarketya in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Siarketya?72.4% (Census 2011)