# Barhat Village, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Barhat

Barhat is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,670 people in 321 households**, the 60th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 1,670people (2011)
- 321households
- 64.8%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barhat

Of every 100 households in Barhat in 2011, 80 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Barhat · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**79%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****77%**

**62%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**95%

Use banking services ****41%**

**20%

Television ****39%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**40%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Barhat?

■ Barhat · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.8%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****839**

**967

Working population ****29.2%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.9% for men and 57.1% for women. 48% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 67 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (19%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 286 (59%) · **■** Marginal 38 (8%)

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 Islampur

- Amalijhari1,857 people
- Ojhapokhar1,832 people
- Nachankula1,700 people
- Dumrulla1,690 people
- Kutumposa1,597 people
- Narayanpur1,559 people
- Chhota Sapnikla1,491 people
- Sanpnikla1,469 people

[All 101 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barhat?1,670 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barhat in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barhat?64.8% (Census 2011)