# Baranagar Village, Gola, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gola, Gorakhpur 

# Baranagar

Baranagar is a village in Gola sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,488 people in 432 households**, the 25th largest of 626 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 2,488people (2011)
- 432households
- 61.3%literacy
- 1,108females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baranagar

Of every 100 households in Baranagar in 2011, 41 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Baranagar · ■ Gola rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**75%

Tap water ****68%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**89%

Use banking services ****90%**

**81%

Television ****22%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**4%

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

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Baranagar?

■ Baranagar · ■ Gola rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.3%**

**71.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1108**

**996

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**914

Working population ****25.0%**

**28.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.1% for men and 50.8% for women. 39% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 237 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (8%) · **■** Household industry 29 (5%) · **■** Other work 68 (11%) · **■** Marginal 238 (38%)

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 Gola

- Sidhe Gaur2,732 people
- Rampur Baghaura2,722 people
- Sansarpar2,508 people
- Chanduuli2,493 people
- Pakari2,471 people
- Dumari2,470 people
- Koili Khal2,432 people
- Tara2,397 people

[All 713 villages in Gola](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/gola/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baranagar?2,488 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baranagar in?Gorakhpur district (Gola sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Baranagar?61.3% (Census 2011)