# Aliganja Village, Barabani, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabani, Barddhaman 

# Aliganja

Aliganja is a village in Barabani sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,130 people in 418 households**, the 12th largest of 46 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.

- 2,130people (2011)
- 418households
- 61.5%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Aliganja

Of every 100 households in Aliganja in 2011, 60 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Aliganja · ■ Barabani rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**56%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**82%

Tap water ****81%**

**62%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****26%**

**13%

Use banking services ****19%**

**46%

Television ****30%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**16%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Aliganja?

■ Aliganja · ■ Barabani rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.5%**

**68.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****922**

**930

Working population ****40.5%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.3% for men and 52.2% for women. 58% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 60 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 300 (35%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 125 (14%) · **■** Marginal 369 (43%)

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 Barabani

- Nuni2,557 people
- Monohar Bahal2,522 people
- Baliapur2,332 people
- Barabani2,330 people
- Chhotkara2,118 people
- Kapishtha1,932 people
- Parulbaria1,897 people
- Kantapahari1,864 people

[All 46 villages in Barabani](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/barabani/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Aliganja?2,130 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Aliganja in?Barddhaman district (Barabani sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Aliganja?61.5% (Census 2011)