# Barakaram Village, Bundwan, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Bundwan, Puruliya 

# Barakaram

Barakaram is a village in Bundwan sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,120 people in 236 households**, the 24th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 1,120people (2011)
- 236households
- 68.1%literacy
- 1,063females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barakaram

Of every 100 households in Barakaram in 2011, 70 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barakaram · ■ Bundwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**97%

Use banking services ****27%**

**20%

Television ****13%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Barakaram?

■ Barakaram · ■ Bundwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.1%**

**60.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1063**

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1241**

**957

Working population ****65.4%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 52.9% for women. 71% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 82 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (4%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 175 (24%) · **■** Marginal 435 (59%)

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 Bundwan

- Chandra1,193 people
- Bhamragora1,168 people
- Baratalpat1,152 people
- Madhupur1,133 people
- Chirugora1,120 people
- Sirka1,072 people
- Harada1,048 people
- Mirgichami1,040 people

[All 134 villages in Bundwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bundwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barakaram?1,120 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barakaram in?Puruliya district (Bundwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barakaram?68.1% (Census 2011)