# Aligang Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Aligang

Aligang is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **462 people in 92 households**, the 114th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 462people (2011)
- 92households
- 47.8%literacy
- 819females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Aligang

Of every 100 households in Aligang in 2011, 26 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Aligang · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**75%

Use banking services ****13%**

**53%

Television ****11%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Aligang?

■ Aligang · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.8%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****819**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****724**

**948

Working population ****71.2%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.6% for men and 43.3% for women. 72% of men and 71% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 139 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 40 (12%) · **■** Marginal 150 (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 Sonamukhi

- Khidirpur512 people
- Methra508 people
- Kamardanga494 people
- Indkata472 people
- Churamanipur462 people
- Paschim Nandarampur446 people
- Dubrajhati430 people
- Nachanhati423 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Aligang?462 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Aligang in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Aligang?47.8% (Census 2011)