# Barahara Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Barahara

Barahara is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **987 people in 234 households**, the 50th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 987people (2011)
- 234households
- 75.9%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barahara

Of every 100 households in Barahara in 2011, 52 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barahara · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**58%

Tap water ****73%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**89%

Use banking services ****51%**

**32%

Television ****36%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**29%

Own their home ****85%**

**96%

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 Barahara?

■ Barahara · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.9%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****672**

**972

Working population ****35.6%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 71.4% for women. 60% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (13%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 190 (54%) · **■** Marginal 55 (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 Bansihari

- Rasidpur1,079 people
- Dhiltail1,005 people
- Kusumba1,001 people
- Sihal1,001 people
- Kesharghata970 people
- Narayanpur953 people
- Khusipur952 people
- Amilas946 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barahara?987 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barahara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barahara?75.9% (Census 2011)