# Baraura Village, Varanasi, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Varanasi, Varanasi 

# Baraura

Baraura is a village in Varanasi sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,912 people in 401 households**, the 146th largest of 835 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 2,912people (2011)
- 401households
- 75.6%literacy
- 882females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baraura

Of every 100 households in Baraura in 2011, 24 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Baraura · ■ Varanasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**68%

Tap water ****14%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**85%

Use banking services ****87%**

**75%

Television ****45%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****7%**

**7%

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 Baraura?

■ Baraura · ■ Varanasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**883

Working population ****41.0%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 64.5% for women. 50% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 38 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 111 (9%) · **■** Household industry 400 (33%) · **■** Other work 321 (27%) · **■** Marginal 325 (27%)

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 Varanasi

- Bara Dih2,983 people
- Todarpur2,975 people
- Jayapur2,974 people
- Cholapur2,913 people
- Adampur2,897 people
- Khalispur2,892 people
- Harpur2,882 people
- Bariyasanpur2,856 people

[All 864 villages in Varanasi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/varanasi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baraura?2,912 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baraura in?Varanasi district (Varanasi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Baraura?75.6% (Census 2011)