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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Barua

Barua is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,613 people in 257 households**, the 83rd largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,613people (2011)
- 257households
- 61.4%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barua

Of every 100 households in Barua in 2011, 18 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Barua · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**78%

Tap water ****5%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****3%**

**19%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**28%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Barua?

■ Barua · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.4%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****913**

**943

Working population ****41.2%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.7% for men and 50.8% for women. 45% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 145 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 104 (16%) · **■** Household industry 205 (31%) · **■** Other work 92 (14%) · **■** Marginal 118 (18%)

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

- Bihanagar1,679 people
- Duaran1,666 people
- Karandighi1,653 people
- Hemenpur1,615 people
- Doarin1,579 people
- Barapataul1,574 people
- Pichhla1,563 people
- Sima Anandapur1,563 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barua?1,613 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barua in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barua?61.4% (Census 2011)