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

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Baram

Baram is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **727 people in 190 households**, the 90th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 38.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 727people (2011)
- 190households
- 38.5%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baram

Of every 100 households in Baram in 2011, 13 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baram · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**70%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**33%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****17%**

**25%

Television ****9%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****56%**

**33%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Baram?

■ Baram · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****38.5%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****738**

**951

Working population ****53.5%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 43.0% for men and 34.0% for women. 61% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 258 (66%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 46 (12%) · **■** Marginal 71 (18%)

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

- Bansipur744 people
- Tirali741 people
- Kutubpur738 people
- Neona730 people
- Keshurail717 people
- Enatullapur710 people
- Netradanga710 people
- Jarlai705 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baram?727 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baram in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baram?38.5% (Census 2011)