# Baria Village, Basanti – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Basanti, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Baria

Baria is a village in Basanti sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,883 people in 998 households**, the 25th largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 4,883people (2011)
- 998households
- 67.0%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baria

Of every 100 households in Baria in 2011, 12 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Baria · ■ Basanti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**57%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**2%

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

**0%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****25%**

**18%

Television ****6%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****42%**

**46%

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 Baria?

■ Baria · ■ Basanti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.0%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1029**

**971

Working population ****37.5%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.6% for men and 57.1% for women. 58% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 143 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 310 (17%) · **■** Household industry 35 (2%) · **■** Other work 115 (6%) · **■** Marginal 1,228 (67%)

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 Basanti

- Narayantala5,416 people
- Dakshin Mokamberia5,160 people
- Manasakhali5,019 people
- Radharanipur4,976 people
- Hogalduri4,862 people
- Jyotishpur4,833 people
- Khirishkhali4,800 people
- Gadkhali4,685 people

[All 66 villages in Basanti](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/basanti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baria?4,883 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baria in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Basanti sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baria?67.0% (Census 2011)