# Barasat Village, Haringhata, Nadia (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Haringhata, Nadia 

# Barasat

Barasat is a village in Haringhata sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,046 people in 903 households**, the 14th largest of 82 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 4,046people (2011)
- 903households
- 78.0%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barasat

Of every 100 households in Barasat in 2011, 63 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Barasat · ■ Haringhata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**84%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**12%

Tap water ****10%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****88%**

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**89%

Use banking services ****42%**

**43%

Television ****39%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**18%

Own their home ****96%**

**96%

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 Barasat?

■ Barasat · ■ Haringhata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.0%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1094**

**960

Working population ****45.4%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 71.9% for women. 66% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 243 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 259 (14%) · **■** Household industry 114 (6%) · **■** Other work 576 (31%) · **■** Marginal 645 (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 Haringhata

- Goaldob4,883 people
- Chandirampur4,740 people
- Narayanpur4,548 people
- Ganguria4,291 people
- Singa3,882 people
- Birohi3,721 people
- Chanda3,692 people
- Balindi3,640 people

[All 83 villages in Haringhata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/haringhata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barasat?4,046 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barasat in?Nadia district (Haringhata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barasat?78.0% (Census 2011)