# Barabakad Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Barabakad

Barabakad is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **184 people in 39 households**, the 121st largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 184people (2011)
- 39households
- 72.1%literacy
- 822females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barabakad

Of every 100 households in Barabakad in 2011, 20 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barabakad · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****20%**

**39%

Television ****5%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****62%**

**25%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Barabakad?

■ Barabakad · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****822**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****765**

**946

Working population ****36.4%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.1% for men and 52.9% for women. 54% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 30 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (22%) · **■** Other work 9 (13%) · **■** Marginal 13 (19%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Kudagara205 people
- Lakshudi204 people
- Postabera198 people
- Baddi195 people
- Kulajanga148 people
- Telidi120 people
- Kanrbandhi111 people
- Taldi81 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barabakad?184 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barabakad in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barabakad?72.1% (Census 2011)