# Baramala Village, Phansidewa, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Phansidewa, Darjiling 

# Baramala

Baramala is a village in Phansidewa sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,799 people in 407 households**, the 38th largest of 103 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.5%.

- 1,799people (2011)
- 407households
- 53.4%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baramala

Of every 100 households in Baramala in 2011, 81 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Baramala · ■ Phansidewa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**72%

Tap water ****83%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**6%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****42%**

**32%

Television ****60%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**20%

Own their home ****18%**

**82%

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 Baramala?

■ Baramala · ■ Phansidewa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.4%**

**64.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****770**

**972

Working population ****48.5%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.1% for men and 43.0% for women. 51% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 4 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 561 (64%) · **■** Marginal 291 (33%)

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 Phansidewa

- Chhota Pathuram1,918 people
- Sahananda1,916 people
- Mahipal1,887 people
- Jabarali1,836 people
- Abhiram1,773 people
- Purbba Bansgaonchakla1,756 people
- Chaupukuria1,724 people
- Paschim Bansgaon Kismat1,644 people

[All 113 villages in Phansidewa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/phansidewa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baramala?1,799 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baramala in?Darjiling district (Phansidewa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baramala?53.4% (Census 2011)