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Baranagar Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Baranagar is a medium size village located in Kaliachak - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 355 families residing. The Baranagar village has population of 1795 of which 938 are males while 857 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Baranagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 344 which makes up 19.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Baranagar village is 914 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Baranagar as per census is 966, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Baranagar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Baranagar village was 68.50 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Baranagar Male literacy stands at 68.68 % while female literacy rate was 68.31 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Baranagar village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Baranagar village.

Baranagar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 355 - -
Population 1,795 938 857
Child (0-6) 344 175 169
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.50 % 68.68 % 68.31 %
Total Workers 726 438 288
Main Worker 472 - -
Marginal Worker 254 66 188

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Baranagar village of Maldah district.

Work Profile

In Baranagar village out of total population, 726 were engaged in work activities. 65.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 726 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.