# Barnagaria Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Barnagaria

Barnagaria is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,789 people in 1,151 households**, the 13th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 4,789people (2011)
- 1,151households
- 78.7%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barnagaria

Of every 100 households in Barnagaria in 2011, 52 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Barnagaria · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**3%

Tap water ****3%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****34%**

**47%

Television ****28%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****22%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Barnagaria?

■ Barnagaria · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1078**

**965

Working population ****35.6%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.9% for men and 74.0% for women. 62% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 571 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 446 (26%) · **■** Household industry 32 (2%) · **■** Other work 421 (25%) · **■** Marginal 235 (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 Gaighata

- Jaleshwar5,602 people
- Narikela5,222 people
- Dharmpur5,090 people
- Patabuka4,845 people
- Ramnagar4,521 people
- Karola4,127 people
- Bishnupur4,119 people
- Hanspur4,113 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 Barnagaria?4,789 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barnagaria in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barnagaria?78.7% (Census 2011)