# Barra Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Barra

Barra is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,620 people in 561 households**, the 8th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 2,620people (2011)
- 561households
- 66.5%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barra

Of every 100 households in Barra in 2011, 35 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Barra · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**91%

Tap water ****4%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**84%

Use banking services ****90%**

**50%

Television ****20%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**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 Barra?

■ Barra · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****791**

**937

Working population ****44.8%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 54.0% for women. 55% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 46 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (1%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 197 (17%) · **■** Marginal 915 (78%)

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

- Manihara3,104 people
- Lara2,774 people
- Gagnabad2,628 people
- Sonaojuri2,624 people
- Simla2,530 people
- Ranganidi2,520 people
- Kashipur2,369 people
- Manpura2,338 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barra?2,620 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barra in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barra?66.5% (Census 2011)