# Barea Village, Budge Budge - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Budge Budge - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Barea

Barea is a village in Budge Budge - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,236 people in 484 households**, the 21st largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 2,236people (2011)
- 484households
- 71.3%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barea

Of every 100 households in Barea in 2011, 49 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barea · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**44%

Tap water ****86%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****39%**

**46%

Television ****19%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****68%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Barea?

■ Barea · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****963**

**981

Working population ****34.3%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 68.4% for women. 57% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 14 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 186 (24%) · **■** Household industry 101 (13%) · **■** Other work 245 (32%) · **■** Marginal 221 (29%)

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 Budge Budge - II

- Sonaria2,506 people
- Laskarpur2,495 people
- Haori2,407 people
- Mohanpur2,393 people
- Neiya2,191 people
- Sehai2,189 people
- Ghanasyambati2,162 people
- Chak Bansbaria2,144 people

[All 61 villages in Budge Budge - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/budge-budge-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barea?2,236 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barea in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Budge Budge - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barea?71.3% (Census 2011)