# Baraban Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Dubrajpur, Birbhum 

# Baraban

Baraban is a village in Dubrajpur sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **867 people in 200 households**, the 77th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 867people (2011)
- 200households
- 52.3%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baraban

Of every 100 households in Baraban in 2011, 12 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baraban · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**85%

Tap water ****3%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**14%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**77%

Use banking services ****55%**

**51%

Television ****2%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****80%**

**22%

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 Baraban?

■ Baraban · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.3%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****940**

**980

Working population ****57.3%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.8% for men and 44.1% for women. 59% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 74 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 144 (29%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 44 (9%) · **■** Marginal 233 (47%)

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 Dubrajpur

- Shibrautara954 people
- Barari913 people
- Banahari900 people
- Khayerban887 people
- Elema845 people
- Durllabhpur838 people
- Rajganja831 people
- Matijapur830 people

[All 227 villages in Dubrajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/dubrajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baraban?867 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baraban in?Birbhum district (Dubrajpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baraban?52.3% (Census 2011)