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

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Baruna

Baruna is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,721 people in 399 households**, the 40th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,721people (2011)
- 399households
- 59.6%literacy
- 1,011females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baruna

Of every 100 households in Baruna in 2011, 6 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baruna · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****10%**

**34%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**20%

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 Baruna?

■ Baruna · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.6%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1011**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****992**

**969

Working population ****47.5%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.3% for men and 52.1% for women. 58% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 418 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 228 (28%) · **■** Other work 40 (5%) · **■** Marginal 132 (16%)

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

- Sintair1,811 people
- Nasirhat1,791 people
- Balas1,771 people
- Lakshmipur1,729 people
- Khatsa1,697 people
- Purgram1,668 people
- Keotan1,639 people
- Lohatara1,594 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baruna?1,721 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baruna in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baruna?59.6% (Census 2011)