# Barail Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Barail

Barail is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **527 people in 139 households**, the 121st largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 527people (2011)
- 139households
- 80.3%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barail

Of every 100 households in Barail in 2011, 48 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barail · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**70%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****16%**

**25%

Television ****28%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**33%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Barail?

■ Barail · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****788**

**951

Working population ****38.1%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 73.0% for women. 60% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 86 (43%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 32 (16%) · **■** Marginal 33 (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 Kumarganj

- Kharail Chandpur564 people
- Utrail552 people
- Bara Durgapur551 people
- Uttar Keshabpur536 people
- Mahadebpur513 people
- Dakshin Keshabpur506 people
- Chhatintair480 people
- Parial477 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barail?527 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barail?80.3% (Census 2011)