# Barait, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Barait

Barait is a village in [Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/) sub-district of [Dakshin Dinajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,424 people in 348 households**, the 30th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 1,424people (2011)
- 348households
- 94.3%literacy
- 874females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barait

Of every 100 households in Barait in 2011, 68 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barait · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****30%**

**25%

Television ****44%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Barait?

■ Barait · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.3%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****874**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****691**

**951

Working population ****33.1%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.4% for men and 91.9% for women. 58% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 333 (71%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 111 (24%) · **■** Marginal 15 (3%)

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

- Gobindapur1,678 people
- Radhanagar1,614 people
- Sitahar1,537 people
- Chural Krishnapur1,521 people
- Sundarpur1,393 people
- Azadpur1,392 people
- Raynanda1,384 people
- Jantihari1,383 people

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

## Other places named Barait

- Barait · Village, Pati, Champawat · 163 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barait?1,424 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barait in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barait?94.3% (Census 2011)