# Barkadam Village, Manbazar - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - II, Puruliya 

# Barkadam

Barkadam is a village in Manbazar - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,059 people in 222 households**, the 31st largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.

- 1,059people (2011)
- 222households
- 62.6%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barkadam

Of every 100 households in Barkadam in 2011, 16 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barkadam · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**96%

Use banking services ****36%**

**20%

Television ****6%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Barkadam?

■ Barkadam · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.6%**

**60.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****918**

**949

Working population ****44.2%**

**53.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 48.6% for women. 55% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 106 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 201 (43%) · **■** Household industry 23 (5%) · **■** Other work 25 (5%) · **■** Marginal 113 (24%)

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 - II

- Tamakhun1,098 people
- Bargorya1,096 people
- Penchara1,083 people
- Jagda1,066 people
- Buribandh1,058 people
- Hesla1,058 people
- Hatiramgora1,039 people
- Kendajor1,036 people

[All 136 villages in Manbazar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barkadam?1,059 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barkadam in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barkadam?62.6% (Census 2011)