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

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Baul

Baul is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **122 people in 29 households**, the 210th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 122people (2011)
- 29households
- 35.6%literacy
- 1,068females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baul

Of every 100 households in Baul in 2011, 93 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baul · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**24%

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

**17%

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

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****10%**

**16%

Television ****14%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**32%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Baul?

■ Baul · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****35.6%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1068**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1100**

**955

Working population ****50.8%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 44.9% for men and 26.9% for women. 54% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 11 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (24%) · **■** Other work 3 (5%) · **■** Marginal 33 (53%)

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

- Dakshin Maheshpur168 people
- Purba Sakodanga163 people
- Simuldanga151 people
- Garia138 people
- Bairgachhi112 people
- Khuniabari111 people
- Madhuban107 people
- Dharampur71 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baul?122 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baul in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baul?35.6% (Census 2011)