# Baraha Kalan Village, Meja, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Baraha Kalan

Baraha Kalan is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **6,566 people in 977 households**, the 9th largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 6,566people (2011)
- 977households
- 68.6%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baraha Kalan

Of every 100 households in Baraha Kalan in 2011, 25 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Baraha Kalan · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**85%

Tap water ****4%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**91%

Use banking services ****74%**

**73%

Television ****21%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**8%

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 Baraha Kalan?

■ Baraha Kalan · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.6%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**912

Working population ****32.5%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 51.7% for women. 43% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 361 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 364 (17%) · **■** Household industry 8 (0%) · **■** Other work 234 (11%) · **■** Marginal 1,167 (55%)

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 Meja

- Paranipur Uparhar7,773 people
- Auta7,179 people
- Nevariya6,600 people
- Amiliya Kala6,577 people
- Uchadih6,389 people
- Kathauli6,323 people
- Chhatava Uparhar6,253 people
- Kosada Kalan5,910 people

[All 393 villages in Meja](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/meja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baraha Kalan?6,566 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baraha Kalan in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Baraha Kalan?68.6% (Census 2011)