# Baul Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Baul

Baul is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,786 people in 412 households**, the 24th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,786people (2011)
- 412households
- 79.5%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baul

Of every 100 households in Baul in 2011, 32 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Baul · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****69%**

**41%

Television ****29%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**26%

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 Baul?

■ Baul · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**73.1%

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

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****835**

**965

Working population ****44.7%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 72.7% for women. 59% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 151 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 151 (19%) · **■** Household industry 23 (3%) · **■** Other work 181 (23%) · **■** Marginal 293 (37%)

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 Balurghat

- Hazipur1,900 people
- Paranpur1,889 people
- Kaigram1,826 people
- Badkhorna1,801 people
- Noksha1,698 people
- Malancha1,681 people
- Boaldar1,679 people
- Badamail1,673 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baul?1,786 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baul in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baul?79.5% (Census 2011)