# Barkalan Village, Behat, Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Behat, Saharanpur 

# Barkalan

Barkalan is a village in Behat sub-district of Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **814 people in 179 households**, the 184th largest of 263 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.9%.

- 814people (2011)
- 179households
- 58.3%literacy
- 846females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barkalan

Of every 100 households in Barkalan in 2011, 52 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Barkalan · ■ Behat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**65%

Tap water ****78%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**38%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****76%**

**54%

Television ****30%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**18%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**17%

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 Barkalan?

■ Barkalan · ■ Behat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.3%**

**63.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****846**

**898

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1148**

**912

Working population ****36.2%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.2% for men and 50.8% for women. 61% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 56 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 181 (61%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 44 (15%) · **■** Marginal 7 (2%)

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 Behat

- Mustafapur Must.866 people
- Noshera Tatarpur845 people
- Alampur Khurd842 people
- Alipur Sanbhaliki Aht.824 people
- Alhyarpur786 people
- Bizopuri785 people
- Mohd. Hussainpur Urf Nawada735 people
- Bhojpur723 people

[All 324 villages in Behat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/saharanpur/behat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barkalan?814 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barkalan in?Saharanpur district (Behat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Barkalan?58.3% (Census 2011)