# Baraghutu Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Baraghutu

Baraghutu is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **313 people in 65 households**, the 85th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 313people (2011)
- 65households
- 85.3%literacy
- 841females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baraghutu

Of every 100 households in Baraghutu in 2011, 50 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baraghutu · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**92%

Tap water ****2%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**88%

Use banking services ****46%**

**34%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**99%

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 Baraghutu?

■ Baraghutu · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.3%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****841**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****591**

**969

Working population ****48.2%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.9% for men and 73.1% for women. 57% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 72 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 17 (11%) · **■** Marginal 60 (40%)

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 Puncha

- Saragarya349 people
- Haridi348 people
- Raghunathpur328 people
- Mahuladanga327 people
- Birdang313 people
- Butgora309 people
- Chaklalpur291 people
- Pratappur266 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baraghutu?313 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baraghutu in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baraghutu?85.3% (Census 2011)