# Barabar Village, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Barabar

Barabar is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,580 people in 321 households**, the 94th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 1,580people (2011)
- 321households
- 63.2%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barabar

Of every 100 households in Barabar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barabar · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

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

**32%

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

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**72%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****11%**

**24%

Television ****1%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Barabar?

■ Barabar · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.2%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****769**

**939

Working population ****45.8%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.9% for men and 57.4% for women. 57% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 182 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 267 (37%) · **■** Other work 19 (3%) · **■** Marginal 256 (35%)

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 Raiganj

- Pardha1,668 people
- Burakamat1,618 people
- Pachim Mahadebpur1,603 people
- Mahipur1,585 people
- Ghagra1,578 people
- Paschim Goalgaon1,574 people
- Ital1,535 people
- Tenra1,522 people

[All 222 villages in Raiganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/raiganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barabar?1,580 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barabar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barabar?63.2% (Census 2011)