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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Angaran

Angaran is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **696 people in 166 households**, the 73rd largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 696people (2011)
- 166households
- 54.8%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Angaran

Of every 100 households in Angaran in 2011, 15 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Angaran · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**58%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**27%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****49%**

**89%

Use banking services ****47%**

**32%

Television ****8%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Angaran?

■ Angaran · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.8%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****746**

**972

Working population ****52.2%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.1% for men and 40.1% for women. 49% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 182 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 180 (50%)

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

- Bataskuri715 people
- Dhutura709 people
- Krishnapur709 people
- Bikaldanga708 people
- Balipukur694 people
- Banipara692 people
- Panthanpara680 people
- Rasulpur666 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Angaran?696 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Angaran in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Angaran?54.8% (Census 2011)