# Baratar Village, Chanchal - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - I, Maldah 

# Baratar

Baratar is a village in Chanchal - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **757 people in 186 households**, the 75th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 757people (2011)
- 186households
- 50.2%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baratar

Of every 100 households in Baratar in 2011, 18 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baratar · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****4%**

**42%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****52%**

**34%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Baratar?

■ Baratar · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.2%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1200**

**944

Working population ****44.8%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.5% for men and 42.6% for women. 68% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 66 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 211 (62%) · **■** Other work 16 (5%) · **■** Marginal 46 (14%)

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 Chanchal - I

- Paikpara957 people
- Narasinhapur936 people
- Nonator915 people
- Gobindapur855 people
- Bagchara755 people
- Dakshin Basantapur736 people
- Jamgachhi736 people
- Balarampur Kaliapara715 people

[All 100 villages in Chanchal - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baratar?757 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baratar in?Maldah district (Chanchal - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baratar?50.2% (Census 2011)