# Barangi Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Barangi

Barangi is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,003 people in 398 households**, the 16th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 2,003people (2011)
- 398households
- 82.0%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barangi

Of every 100 households in Barangi in 2011, 28 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barangi · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****73%**

**62%

Television ****10%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**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 Barangi?

■ Barangi · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.0%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****755**

**963

Working population ****29.3%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 75.1% for women. 50% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 237 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 202 (34%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 99 (17%) · **■** Marginal 46 (8%)

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 Dantan - I

- Ektarpur Takinagar2,522 people
- Angua2,337 people
- Uttar Arbana2,297 people
- Gazipur Patna2,089 people
- Paikbar1,926 people
- Sonakania1,848 people
- Kuhura1,819 people
- Nimpur1,801 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barangi?2,003 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barangi in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barangi?82.0% (Census 2011)