# Baral Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Baral

Baral is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **907 people in 205 households**, the 94th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 907people (2011)
- 205households
- 69.1%literacy
- 1,043females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baral

Of every 100 households in Baral in 2011, 21 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Baral · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**82%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**96%

Use banking services ****23%**

**34%

Television ****19%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**20%

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 Baral?

■ Baral · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1043**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****796**

**969

Working population ****44.8%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.4% for men and 66.0% for women. 63% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 69 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (17%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 155 (38%) · **■** Marginal 109 (27%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Raypur926 people
- Madhya Gouripur925 people
- Chak Shibananda919 people
- Udgaon914 people
- Medinipur899 people
- Balabanda893 people
- Dhabail890 people
- Biswanathpur877 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baral?907 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baral in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baral?69.1% (Census 2011)