# Baragachhi, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur – Population

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Baragachhi

Baragachhi is a village in [Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/) 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 **1,200 people in 251 households**, the 52nd largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,200people (2011)
- 251households
- 66.8%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baragachhi

Of every 100 households in Baragachhi in 2011, 36 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baragachhi · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**81%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

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

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****5%**

**18%

Television ****10%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****57%**

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Baragachhi?

■ Baragachhi · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.8%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****989**

**955

Working population ****46.8%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.6% for men and 63.8% for women. 56% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 84 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 173 (31%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 35 (6%) · **■** Marginal 268 (48%)

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 Kushmundi

- Sekendarpur1,223 people
- Dhakdhol1,219 people
- Mangalpur1,218 people
- Kachara1,214 people
- Bateshwar1,200 people
- Aminpur1,199 people
- Kandaha1,194 people
- Nabhor1,187 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Other places named Baragachhi

- Baragachhi · Village, Purbasthali - II, Barddhaman · 2,070 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baragachhi?1,200 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baragachhi in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baragachhi?66.8% (Census 2011)