Village · Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Baramahar

Baramahar is a village in Harirampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 296 people in 67 households, the 120th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.
- 296 people (2011)
- 67 households
- 55.1% literacy
- 922 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baramahar

Of every 100 households in Baramahar in 2011, 69 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Baramahar · ■ Harirampur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 69% 37%
- Toilet within the home 10% 20%
- No toilet (open defecation) 90% 78%
- Tap water 73% 5%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 16%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 96%
- Use banking services 3% 24%
- Television 0% 14%
- Mobile phone 2% 33%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 1%
- None of these assets 9% 32%
- Own their home 100% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Baramahar?

■ Baramahar · ■ Harirampur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 55.1% 64.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 922 983
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1100 973
- Working population 58.8% 40.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 53.0% for men and 57.5% for women. 58% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 2 (1%) · ■ Farm labourers 3 (2%) · ■ Household industry 2 (1%) · ■ Other work 4 (2%) · ■ Marginal 163 (94%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Harirampur
- Asrafpur 318 people
- Charla 315 people
- Itakhor 308 people
- Krishna Charan 308 people
- Jafarpur 292 people
- Baje Chahatpur 277 people
- Jotbasanta 264 people
- Bahadurpur 263 people

All 151 villages in Harirampur

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Baramahar? 296 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baramahar in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Harirampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baramahar? 55.1% (Census 2011)

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