# Barkuri Village, Manbazar - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya 

# Barkuri

Barkuri is a village in Manbazar - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **524 people in 100 households**, the 97th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 524people (2011)
- 100households
- 82.4%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barkuri

Of every 100 households in Barkuri in 2011, 67 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barkuri · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**95%

Tap water ****95%**

**4%

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

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**89%

Use banking services ****90%**

**31%

Television ****41%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**29%

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 Barkuri?

■ Barkuri · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.4%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****793**

**939

Working population ****29.0%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 75.3% for women. 53% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 22 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 33 (22%) · **■** Marginal 96 (63%)

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 Manbazar - I

- Bartor566 people
- Deshyardi546 people
- Anandapur543 people
- Bhunasol526 people
- Kenbedya524 people
- Tushyama523 people
- Chirudi518 people
- Maujadi514 people

[All 243 villages in Manbazar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barkuri?524 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barkuri in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barkuri?82.4% (Census 2011)