# Aligara Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Aligara

Aligara is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,417 people in 596 households**, the 9th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 2,417people (2011)
- 596households
- 78.0%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Aligara

Of every 100 households in Aligara in 2011, 85 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 27 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Aligara · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**58%

Tap water ****10%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****27%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**89%

Use banking services ****61%**

**32%

Television ****57%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**29%

Own their home ****90%**

**96%

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 Aligara?

■ Aligara · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.0%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**972

Working population ****36.8%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 73.7% for women. 58% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 133 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (2%) · **■** Household industry 75 (8%) · **■** Other work 577 (65%) · **■** Marginal 84 (9%)

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 Bansihari

- Kuskari2,931 people
- Karai2,818 people
- Baragram2,556 people
- Barail2,506 people
- Jamar2,341 people
- Kail2,244 people
- Panjarpara2,233 people
- Badalpur1,892 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Aligara?2,417 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Aligara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Aligara?78.0% (Census 2011)