# Barakpur Village, Bongaon – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Barakpur

Barakpur is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,945 people in 1,615 households**, the 7th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 6,945people (2011)
- 1,615households
- 84.8%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barakpur

Of every 100 households in Barakpur in 2011, 81 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Barakpur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**19%

Tap water ****13%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****77%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**92%

Use banking services ****57%**

**38%

Television ****51%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**3%

None of these assets ****9%**

**22%

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 Barakpur?

■ Barakpur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.8%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****940**

**962

Working population ****39.0%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.0% for men and 80.3% for women. 60% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 444 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 274 (10%) · **■** Household industry 181 (7%) · **■** Other work 1,426 (53%) · **■** Marginal 382 (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 Bongaon

- Kalupur10,413 people
- Purana Bangaon8,265 people
- Chauberia8,039 people
- Kansona7,334 people
- Ichhlampur6,886 people
- Paikpara6,397 people
- Bangangram6,144 people
- Manigram5,306 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barakpur?6,945 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barakpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barakpur?84.8% (Census 2011)