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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Deogaon

Deogaon is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **761 people in 187 households**, the 63rd largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 761people (2011)
- 187households
- 68.9%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Deogaon

Of every 100 households in Deogaon in 2011, 3 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Deogaon · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****46%**

**32%

Television ****7%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**29%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Deogaon?

■ Deogaon · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1353**

**972

Working population ****50.1%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.1% for men and 62.3% for women. 57% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 178 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 107 (28%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 92 (24%)

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

- Nandura841 people
- Mungarail835 people
- Gobindapur830 people
- Dakshin Gopalpur820 people
- Ghasipur761 people
- Uttar Amarpur753 people
- Paschim Chandipur752 people
- Daudpur732 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Deogaon?761 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Deogaon in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Deogaon?68.9% (Census 2011)