# Barasal Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Barasal

Barasal is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,550 people in 525 households**, the 14th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,550people (2011)
- 525households
- 61.7%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barasal

Of every 100 households in Barasal in 2011, 35 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Barasal · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**40%

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

**14%

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

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****46%**

**67%

Use banking services ****65%**

**43%

Television ****19%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Barasal?

■ Barasal · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.7%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907**

**908

Working population ****37.2%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.0% for men and 47.8% for women. 57% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 163 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 242 (26%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 161 (17%) · **■** Marginal 369 (39%)

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

- Sarangapur2,943 people
- Saltora2,928 people
- Latiabani2,847 people
- Macha Parulia2,605 people
- Panktor2,494 people
- Bishinda2,373 people
- Bara Kumira2,355 people
- Chausal2,328 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barasal?2,550 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barasal in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barasal?61.7% (Census 2011)