# Bar-Ahartor, Kashipur, Puruliya – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Bar-Ahartor

Bar-Ahartor is a village in [Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/) sub-district of [Puruliya](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,991 people in 376 households**, the 19th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 1,991people (2011)
- 376households
- 61.6%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bar-Ahartor

Of every 100 households in Bar-Ahartor in 2011, 16 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bar-Ahartor · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**6%

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

**3%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****43%**

**50%

Television ****13%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**21%

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 Bar-Ahartor?

■ Bar-Ahartor · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.6%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****823**

**937

Working population ****36.6%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.1% for men and 47.0% for women. 54% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 77 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 131 (18%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 324 (45%) · **■** Marginal 186 (26%)

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 Kashipur

- Mehi2,240 people
- Kalidaha2,110 people
- Makhyada2,086 people
- Bhalagara2,046 people
- Uparra1,836 people
- Daulatpur1,788 people
- Pabra1,772 people
- Chitra1,771 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bar-Ahartor?1,991 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bar-Ahartor in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bar-Ahartor?61.6% (Census 2011)