# Barala Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Barala

Barala is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,565 people in 346 households**, the 65th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 1,565people (2011)
- 346households
- 64.6%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barala

Of every 100 households in Barala in 2011, 28 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barala · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****23%**

**20%

Television ****17%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****45%**

**39%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Barala?

■ Barala · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.6%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****694**

**954

Working population ****32.3%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.5% for men and 62.7% for women. 56% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 122 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 242 (48%) · **■** Household industry 26 (5%) · **■** Other work 26 (5%) · **■** Marginal 89 (18%)

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 Sagardighi

- Kismat Nispibiral1,698 people
- Pilki1,690 people
- Belsanda1,663 people
- Athua1,654 people
- Jogpur1,545 people
- Dhalsa1,544 people
- Choapukuria1,506 people
- Megha1,495 people

[All 197 villages in Sagardighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barala?1,565 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barala in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barala?64.6% (Census 2011)