# Barasi Village, Mathurapur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mathurapur - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Barasi

Barasi is a village in Mathurapur - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,628 people in 354 households**, the 31st largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.5%.

- 1,628people (2011)
- 354households
- 75.3%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barasi

Of every 100 households in Barasi in 2011, 37 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barasi · ■ Mathurapur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**94%

Use banking services ****16%**

**18%

Television ****19%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**46%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Barasi?

■ Barasi · ■ Mathurapur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.3%**

**73.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****898**

**982

Working population ****37.4%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 68.0% for women. 60% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 22 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (15%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 364 (60%) · **■** Marginal 118 (19%)

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 Mathurapur - I

- Andharmanik1,816 people
- Dakshin Harindanga1,752 people
- Abad Bhagabanpur1,736 people
- Amirpur1,664 people
- Rambati1,619 people
- Kismatsarasberia1,597 people
- Panapukhuria1,583 people
- Noabad1,487 people

[All 95 villages in Mathurapur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/mathurapur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barasi?1,628 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barasi in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Mathurapur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barasi?75.3% (Census 2011)