# Baroj Village, Chandipur, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur 

# Baroj

Baroj is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,054 people in 233 households**, the 60th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 1,054people (2011)
- 233households
- 90.3%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baroj

Of every 100 households in Baroj in 2011, 48 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Baroj · ■ Chandipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**8%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****58%**

**30%

Television ****20%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**28%

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 Baroj?

■ Baroj · ■ Chandipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.3%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**925

Working population ****31.7%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.8% for men and 86.6% for women. 54% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 36 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (11%) · **■** Other work 72 (22%) · **■** Marginal 189 (57%)

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 Chandipur

- Barbanki1,074 people
- Balibar1,069 people
- Kadamtala1,059 people
- Bhagabankhali Ist Grade1,055 people
- Chak Patna1,054 people
- Nankar Chak1,027 people
- Purba Birampur1,026 people
- Chak Purulia1,022 people

[All 112 villages in Chandipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/chandipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baroj?1,054 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baroj in?Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baroj?90.3% (Census 2011)