# Aligar Village, Rajnagar, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Rajnagar, Birbhum 

# Aligar

Aligar is a village in Rajnagar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,103 people in 252 households**, the 17th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.

- 1,103people (2011)
- 252households
- 72.3%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Aligar

Of every 100 households in Aligar in 2011, 46 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Aligar · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**88%

Tap water ****3%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**80%

Use banking services ****52%**

**34%

Television ****20%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****10%**

**23%

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 Aligar?

■ Aligar · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**67.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****954**

**952

Working population ****49.1%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 62.2% for women. 60% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 156 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 74 (14%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 58 (11%) · **■** Marginal 251 (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 Rajnagar

- Haripur1,155 people
- Sahabad1,147 people
- Kanmora1,130 people
- Patadanga1,104 people
- Ganeshpur1,039 people
- Belera1,026 people
- Gangapur1,006 people
- Balarampur997 people

[All 98 villages in Rajnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rajnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Aligar?1,103 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Aligar in?Birbhum district (Rajnagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Aligar?72.3% (Census 2011)