# Barairga Village, Para, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Barairga

Barairga is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,109 people in 366 households**, the 22nd largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 2,109people (2011)
- 366households
- 59.7%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barairga

Of every 100 households in Barairga in 2011, 14 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barairga · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

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

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**79%

Use banking services ****53%**

**47%

Television ****6%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Barairga?

■ Barairga · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.7%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1097**

**968

Working population ****44.0%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.6% for men and 44.3% for women. 55% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (0%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 43 (5%) · **■** Marginal 823 (89%)

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 Para

- Bahara2,241 people
- Pareshya2,186 people
- Donrda2,184 people
- Rigudi2,156 people
- Bagalia2,088 people
- Deuli2,044 people
- Kaliasota2,034 people
- Nadiha2,029 people

[All 132 villages in Para](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/para/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barairga?2,109 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barairga in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barairga?59.7% (Census 2011)