# Baranagar Village, Murshidabad Jiaganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Murshidabad Jiaganj, Murshidabad 

# Baranagar

Baranagar is a village in Murshidabad Jiaganj sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,721 people in 372 households**, the 50th largest of 127 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,721people (2011)
- 372households
- 79.8%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baranagar

Of every 100 households in Baranagar in 2011, 33 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Baranagar · ■ Murshidabad Jiaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**36%

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

**41%

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

**58%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**57%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**92%

Use banking services ****65%**

**38%

Television ****22%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 · ■ Murshidabad Jiaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.8%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****788**

**960

Working population ****35.8%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 75.1% for women. 56% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 138 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 227 (37%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 229 (37%) · **■** Marginal 18 (3%)

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 Murshidabad Jiaganj

- Ambarnagar1,817 people
- Lalkuthi1,804 people
- Bati1,787 people
- Raichandpur1,784 people
- Purba Gobindapur1,714 people
- Bahadurpur1,675 people
- Uttar Ganespur1,611 people
- Chandipur1,547 people

[All 132 villages in Murshidabad Jiaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/murshidabad-jiaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baranagar?1,721 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baranagar in?Murshidabad district (Murshidabad Jiaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baranagar?79.8% (Census 2011)