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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Barapataul

Barapataul is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,574 people in 309 households**, the 85th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,574people (2011)
- 309households
- 52.5%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barapataul

Of every 100 households in Barapataul in 2011, 19 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barapataul · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****33%**

**19%

Television ****19%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Barapataul?

■ Barapataul · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.5%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****928**

**943

Working population ****50.8%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.9% for men and 48.1% for women. 56% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 161 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 168 (21%) · **■** Household industry 61 (8%) · **■** Other work 38 (5%) · **■** Marginal 372 (46%)

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

- Karandighi1,653 people
- Hemenpur1,615 people
- Barua1,613 people
- Doarin1,579 people
- Pichhla1,563 people
- Sima Anandapur1,563 people
- Damdama1,552 people
- Khatrabari1,543 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barapataul?1,574 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barapataul in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barapataul?52.5% (Census 2011)