# Purba Barachouki Village, Alipurduar - II – Population

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Village · Alipurduar - II, Jalpaiguri 

# Purba Barachouki

Purba Barachouki is a village in Alipurduar - II sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,118 people in 531 households**, the 45th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 2,118people (2011)
- 531households
- 74.8%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Barachouki

Of every 100 households in Purba Barachouki in 2011, 18 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Barachouki · ■ Alipurduar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**45%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**72%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**95%

Use banking services ****29%**

**25%

Television ****5%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**33%

Own their home ****95%**

**94%

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 Purba Barachouki?

■ Purba Barachouki · ■ Alipurduar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****871**

**939

Working population ****42.4%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 67.0% for women. 60% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 135 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 220 (24%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 188 (21%) · **■** Marginal 346 (38%)

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 Alipurduar - II

- Baniagaon2,277 people
- Uttar Dhalkar2,205 people
- Thanupara2,192 people
- Dhalajhora2,136 people
- Paschim Khalishamari2,111 people
- Brajerkuthi2,107 people
- Saudpara2,079 people
- Turturi2,057 people

[All 78 villages in Alipurduar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/alipurduar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Barachouki?2,118 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Barachouki in?Jalpaiguri district (Alipurduar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Barachouki?74.8% (Census 2011)