# Barail Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Barail

Barail is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **775 people in 126 households**, the 154th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 775people (2011)
- 126households
- 68.4%literacy
- 859females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barail

Of every 100 households in Barail in 2011, 1 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 11 a car.

■ Barail · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**78%

Tap water ****5%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****5%**

**19%

Television ****1%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****11%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**28%

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 Barail?

■ Barail · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****859**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1101**

**943

Working population ****34.8%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 59.9% for women. 38% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 5 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 168 (62%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 10 (4%) · **■** Marginal 86 (32%)

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 Karandighi

- Madhupur824 people
- Uttar Murhil813 people
- Bhagsur806 people
- Jhabradangi799 people
- Chandpur775 people
- Atanagar766 people
- Lohapunji766 people
- Panasbari756 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barail?775 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barail in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barail?68.4% (Census 2011)