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

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Takria

Takria is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,002 people in 186 households**, the 58th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,002people (2011)
- 186households
- 61.9%literacy
- 1,062females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Takria

Of every 100 households in Takria in 2011, 6 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Takria · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**22%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****11%**

**41%

Television ****4%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**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 Takria?

■ Takria · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.9%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1062**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950**

**957

Working population ****24.8%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.6% for men and 50.2% for women. 47% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 104 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (7%) · **■** Other work 18 (7%) · **■** Marginal 108 (44%)

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

- Barra1,015 people
- Nowadih1,012 people
- Hijla1,005 people
- Beldih1,002 people
- Gosaidih1,000 people
- Fuljhor999 people
- Fatepur966 people
- Bhabanipur961 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Takria?1,002 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Takria in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Takria?61.9% (Census 2011)