# Baraghutu Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Baraghutu

Baraghutu is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **115 people in 24 households**, the 104th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 115people (2011)
- 24households
- 46.3%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baraghutu

Of every 100 households in Baraghutu in 2011, 12 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baraghutu · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**8%

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

**3%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****4%**

**44%

Television ****0%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Baraghutu?

■ Baraghutu · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.3%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**934

Working population ****29.6%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.4% for men and 31.9% for women. 50% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 19 (56%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (3%) · **■** Other work 10 (29%) · **■** Marginal 4 (12%)

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 Purulia - I

- Narradi299 people
- Dhekiya240 people
- Bamra216 people
- Hirakhap139 people
- Kalipur106 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baraghutu?115 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baraghutu in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baraghutu?46.3% (Census 2011)