Village · Pharenda, Mahrajganj
# Badagon

Badagon is a village in Pharenda sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 5,590 people in 866 households, the 19th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.2%.
- 5,590 people (2011)
- 866 households
- 56.8% literacy
- 958 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Badagon

Of every 100 households in Badagon in 2011, 17 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Badagon · ■ Pharenda rural average
- Electricity for lighting 17% 25%
- Toilet within the home 6% 15%
- No toilet (open defecation) 93% 84%
- Tap water 48% 43%
- Drinking water within premises 39% 43%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 5%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 94%
- Use banking services 67% 85%
- Television 8% 19%
- Mobile phone 51% 68%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 5% 11%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 2%
- None of these assets 12% 8%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Badagon?

■ Badagon · ■ Pharenda rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 56.8% 62.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 958 929
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1052 941
- Working population 42.3% 35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.9% for men and 41.8% for women. 49% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 440 (19%) · ■ Farm labourers 146 (6%) · ■ Household industry 11 (0%) · ■ Other work 69 (3%) · ■ Marginal 1,696 (72%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Pharenda
- Sidhwari 5,679 people
- Lejar Mahdewa 5,635 people
- Gopalpur 5,596 people
- Phul Manha 5,595 people
- Pipraparsauni 5,234 people
- Pach Gangpur 5,208 people
- Mishrauliya 5,133 people
- Bargahpur 5,120 people

All 233 villages in Pharenda

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Badagon? 5,590 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Badagon in? Mahrajganj district (Pharenda sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Badagon? 56.8% (Census 2011)

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