# Pharabari Village, Goalpokhar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Pharabari

Pharabari is a village in Goalpokhar - I sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,299 people in 263 households**, the 82nd largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.

- 1,299people (2011)
- 263households
- 43.7%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pharabari

Of every 100 households in Pharabari in 2011, 17 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pharabari · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**12%

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

**87%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**37%

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

**1%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****3%**

**20%

Television ****7%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**35%

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 Pharabari?

■ Pharabari · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.7%**

**41.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****890**

**950

Working population ****24.9%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 47.5% for men and 39.6% for women. 42% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 145 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 103 (32%) · **■** Other work 20 (6%) · **■** Marginal 56 (17%)

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 Goalpokhar - I

- Dakshin Chhipi1,463 people
- Sarnabari1,438 people
- Kualigachh1,390 people
- Kamatsabalpur1,318 people
- Konagachhi1,281 people
- Dakaita1,279 people
- Balichuka Paschim1,266 people
- Dangipara1,252 people

[All 152 villages in Goalpokhar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pharabari?1,299 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pharabari in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pharabari?43.7% (Census 2011)