# Kagas Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Kagas

Kagas is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,635 people in 599 households**, the 9th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 2,635people (2011)
- 599households
- 64.6%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kagas

Of every 100 households in Kagas in 2011, 49 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kagas · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**85%

Use banking services ****62%**

**57%

Television ****18%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kagas?

■ Kagas · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.6%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****829**

**961

Working population ****38.8%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.5% for men and 56.5% for women. 60% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 264 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 324 (32%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 77 (8%) · **■** Marginal 355 (35%)

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 Sainthia

- Rangaipur2,965 people
- Rasaipur2,861 people
- Kuchighata2,848 people
- Balsunda2,840 people
- Nanubazar2,554 people
- Bhagabatipur2,512 people
- Deoash2,493 people
- Iswarpur2,449 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kagas?2,635 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kagas in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kagas?64.6% (Census 2011)