# Baroj Village, Haroa, North Twenty Four Parganas (West Bengal)

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Village · Haroa, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Baroj

Baroj is a village in Haroa sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,488 people in 331 households**, the 54th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,488people (2011)
- 331households
- 73.8%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baroj

Of every 100 households in Baroj in 2011, 41 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baroj · ■ Haroa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**15%

Tap water ****3%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**32%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****27%**

**39%

Television ****10%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****30%**

**31%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Baroj?

■ Baroj · ■ Haroa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.8%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1009**

**947

Working population ****33.7%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.9% for men and 70.7% for women. 57% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 67 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 50 (10%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 344 (69%) · **■** Marginal 24 (5%)

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 Haroa

- Puratan Kamarganti1,680 people
- Makhali1,539 people
- Jhanjha1,527 people
- Mallickpur1,499 people
- Kalinagar1,477 people
- Samaspur1,458 people
- Baganati1,440 people
- Haldaha1,353 people

[All 90 villages in Haroa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/haroa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baroj?1,488 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baroj in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Haroa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baroj?73.8% (Census 2011)