# Barot Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Barot

Barot is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,394 people in 845 households**, the 7th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 4,394people (2011)
- 845households
- 65.2%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barot

Of every 100 households in Barot in 2011, 21 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barot · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****17%**

**16%

Television ****8%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Barot?

■ Barot · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.2%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****853**

**955

Working population ****34.4%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.9% for men and 63.3% for women. 54% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 694 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 363 (24%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 120 (8%) · **■** Marginal 335 (22%)

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 Itahar

- Khesra5,617 people
- Gorahar4,823 people
- Keotal4,655 people
- Bangar4,512 people
- Gulandar4,105 people
- Paharajpur3,980 people
- Jayahat3,957 people
- Chhilimpur3,941 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barot?4,394 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barot in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barot?65.2% (Census 2011)