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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Barail

Barail is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **254 people in 63 households**, the 207th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 254people (2011)
- 63households
- 58.3%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barail

Of every 100 households in Barail in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barail · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****6%**

**18%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Barail?

■ Barail · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.3%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1118**

**955

Working population ****55.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.2% for men and 44.9% for women. 55% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 110 (77%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 9 (6%) · **■** Marginal 20 (14%)

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

- Chapapara270 people
- Nij Raghunathpur263 people
- Bighor259 people
- Punat256 people
- Paschim Para248 people
- Gangajit246 people
- Buripukur235 people
- Jagannathpur233 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barail?254 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barail?58.3% (Census 2011)