# Baraban Village, Patrasayer, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Patrasayer, Bankura 

# Baraban

Baraban is a village in Patrasayer sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,401 people in 286 households**, the 44th largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 1,401people (2011)
- 286households
- 78.4%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baraban

Of every 100 households in Baraban in 2011, 64 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baraban · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****41%**

**81%

Use banking services ****55%**

**44%

Television ****30%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Baraban?

■ Baraban · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1177**

**946

Working population ****34.1%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 67.6% for women. 61% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 218 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 132 (28%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 56 (12%) · **■** Marginal 71 (15%)

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 Patrasayer

- Katora1,457 people
- Deulpara1,445 people
- Purba Naldanga1,425 people
- Tashuli1,422 people
- Uttar Pataspur1,371 people
- Danna1,368 people
- Kanta Dighi1,344 people
- Dharimpur1,312 people

[All 160 villages in Patrasayer](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/patrasayer/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baraban?1,401 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baraban in?Bankura district (Patrasayer sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baraban?78.4% (Census 2011)