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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Barakhair

Barakhair is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **853 people in 198 households**, the 58th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 853people (2011)
- 198households
- 69.3%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barakhair

Of every 100 households in Barakhair in 2011, 38 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barakhair · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**58%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**27%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****54%**

**89%

Use banking services ****26%**

**32%

Television ****21%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**29%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Barakhair?

■ Barakhair · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.3%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****877**

**972

Working population ****40.1%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 63.0% for women. 59% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 80 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 153 (45%) · **■** Other work 81 (24%) · **■** Marginal 28 (8%)

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

- Amilas946 people
- Bansihari930 people
- Sayestabad906 people
- Chandipur903 people
- Nandura841 people
- Mungarail835 people
- Gobindapur830 people
- Dakshin Gopalpur820 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barakhair?853 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barakhair in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barakhair?69.3% (Census 2011)