# Barajuri Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Barajuri

Barajuri is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,940 people in 431 households**, the 28th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,940people (2011)
- 431households
- 65.4%literacy
- 893females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barajuri

Of every 100 households in Barajuri in 2011, 31 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Barajuri · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**8%

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

**3%

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

**67%

Use banking services ****31%**

**43%

Television ****21%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Barajuri?

■ Barajuri · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.4%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****893**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****745**

**908

Working population ****38.3%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.2% for men and 54.7% for women. 55% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 88 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 122 (16%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 409 (55%) · **■** Marginal 117 (16%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Benagari2,135 people
- Ban Ashuria2,078 people
- Barasal Srirampur2,070 people
- Ranganathpur2,022 people
- Nabagram1,911 people
- Kusthalia1,902 people
- Duberdanga1,858 people
- Bhakta Band1,850 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barajuri?1,940 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barajuri in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barajuri?65.4% (Census 2011)