# Barasat Village, Falta – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Barasat

Barasat is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,277 people in 494 households**, the 35th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 2,277people (2011)
- 494households
- 71.0%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barasat

Of every 100 households in Barasat in 2011, 49 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barasat · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**49%

Tap water ****22%**

**6%

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

**2%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****28%**

**37%

Television ****14%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****53%**

**37%

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 Barasat?

■ Barasat · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.0%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****897**

**965

Working population ****27.7%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 66.1% for women. 50% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 161 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (3%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 260 (41%) · **■** Marginal 185 (29%)

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 Falta

- Kantalfuli2,429 people
- Srirampur2,353 people
- Chaka2,340 people
- Niyogirat2,314 people
- Badegahara2,257 people
- Basudebpur2,234 people
- Rasulpur2,202 people
- Harindanga2,171 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barasat?2,277 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barasat in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barasat?71.0% (Census 2011)