# Bara Gharia Village, Mal, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Mal, Jalpaiguri 

# Bara Gharia

Bara Gharia is a village in Mal sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,063 people in 851 households**, the 26th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 4,063people (2011)
- 851households
- 73.1%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Gharia

Of every 100 households in Bara Gharia in 2011, 3 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bara Gharia · ■ Mal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**37%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****4%**

**29%

Television ****6%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**62%

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 Bara Gharia?

■ Bara Gharia · ■ Mal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.1%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****817**

**970

Working population ****32.6%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 65.3% for women. 52% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 222 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 152 (11%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 492 (37%) · **■** Marginal 448 (34%)

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 Mal

- Anandapur Tea Garden4,104 people
- Washabari Tea Garden4,101 people
- Neoranadi Tea Garden4,077 people
- Dakshin Matiali4,068 people
- Kantadighi Kumarpara3,823 people
- Dhalabari3,676 people
- Dakshin Chak Maulani3,531 people
- New Clenco Tea Garden3,428 people

[All 103 villages in Mal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/mal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Gharia?4,063 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Gharia in?Jalpaiguri district (Mal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Gharia?73.1% (Census 2011)