# Barakafurchand Village, Kushmundi – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Barakafurchand

Barakafurchand is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **388 people in 89 households**, the 169th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 388people (2011)
- 89households
- 87.5%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barakafurchand

Of every 100 households in Barakafurchand in 2011, 92 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Barakafurchand · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****48%**

**18%

Television ****32%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**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 Barakafurchand?

■ Barakafurchand · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.5%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1048**

**955

Working population ****28.6%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.7% for men and 82.1% for women. 51% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 46 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (46%) · **■** Other work 6 (5%) · **■** Marginal 8 (7%)

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

- Saraipur403 people
- Gobrabil396 people
- Arazi Panishala391 people
- Ranipur390 people
- Kashimpur388 people
- Madhyamkarai387 people
- Kharikadighi386 people
- Mastahar385 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barakafurchand?388 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barakafurchand in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barakafurchand?87.5% (Census 2011)