# Baranagar Village, Kaliachak - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliachak - I, Maldah 

# Baranagar

Baranagar is a village in Kaliachak - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,795 people in 355 households**, the 38th largest of 49 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,795people (2011)
- 355households
- 68.5%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baranagar

Of every 100 households in Baranagar in 2011, 64 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baranagar · ■ Kaliachak - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**36%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**62%

Tap water ****47%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**53%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**78%

Use banking services ****3%**

**22%

Television ****10%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****25%**

**39%

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 Baranagar?

■ Baranagar · ■ Kaliachak - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.5%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**956

Working population ****40.4%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.7% for men and 68.3% for women. 47% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 14 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (1%) · **■** Household industry 49 (7%) · **■** Other work 401 (55%) · **■** Marginal 254 (35%)

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 Kaliachak - I

- Bairgachhi2,182 people
- Harugram Inlis2,071 people
- Mallikpara1,954 people
- Marupur1,888 people
- Paharpur1,794 people
- Natibpur1,678 people
- Purba Krishnapur1,666 people
- Uttar Raypur1,415 people

[All 55 villages in Kaliachak - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/kaliachak-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baranagar?1,795 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baranagar in?Maldah district (Kaliachak - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baranagar?68.5% (Census 2011)