# Barasat Village, Gaighata – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Barasat

Barasat is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **7,441 people in 1,753 households**, the 3rd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 7,441people (2011)
- 1,753households
- 79.6%literacy
- 860females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barasat

Of every 100 households in Barasat in 2011, 50 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Barasat · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**59%

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

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**3%

Tap water ****11%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**91%

Use banking services ****43%**

**47%

Television ****24%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****18%**

**17%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Barasat?

■ Barasat · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.6%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****860**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1077**

**965

Working population ****42.4%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.2% for men and 72.9% for women. 64% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 591 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 713 (23%) · **■** Household industry 129 (4%) · **■** Other work 1,155 (37%) · **■** Marginal 565 (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 Gaighata

- Phulsara8,716 people
- Panchpota8,312 people
- Angrail6,978 people
- Rampur6,936 people
- Ichhapur5,999 people
- Bagchara5,745 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barasat?7,441 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barasat in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barasat?79.6% (Census 2011)