# Baram Village, Arsha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Baram

Baram is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,129 people in 402 households**, the 26th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 2,129people (2011)
- 402households
- 64.7%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baram

Of every 100 households in Baram in 2011, 24 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Baram · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**94%

Use banking services ****97%**

**50%

Television ****13%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Baram?

■ Baram · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.7%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1044**

**987

Working population ****52.9%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.2% for men and 52.1% for women. 57% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 171 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 187 (17%) · **■** Household industry 19 (2%) · **■** Other work 74 (7%) · **■** Marginal 676 (60%)

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 Arsha

- Upar Jambad2,426 people
- Jhujhka2,344 people
- Korarya2,198 people
- Korang2,191 people
- Kumirdiha1,961 people
- Ulugariya1,953 people
- Tenyasi1,927 people
- Hetjari1,915 people

[All 96 villages in Arsha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/arsha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baram?2,129 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baram in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baram?64.7% (Census 2011)