# Barnes Village, Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Barnes

Barnes is a village in Maynaguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,983 people in 650 households**, the 39th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 2,983people (2011)
- 650households
- 69.5%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barnes

Of every 100 households in Barnes in 2011, 34 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Barnes · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**67%

Tap water ****2%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**92%

Use banking services ****22%**

**22%

Television ****21%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**31%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Barnes?

■ Barnes · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****810**

**940

Working population ****33.3%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.4% for men and 62.1% for women. 57% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 353 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 236 (24%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 302 (30%) · **■** Marginal 101 (10%)

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 Maynaguri

- Charesbari3,170 people
- Nirendrapur3,097 people
- Purbba Salbari3,081 people
- Gaurgram3,016 people
- Dakshin Dangapara2,938 people
- Bhangarhat2,933 people
- Brahmapur2,883 people
- Satvendi2,847 people

[All 85 villages in Maynaguri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/maynaguri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barnes?2,983 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barnes in?Jalpaiguri district (Maynaguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barnes?69.5% (Census 2011)