# Pargaon Village, Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Pargaon

Pargaon is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,479 people in 313 households**, the 49th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 1,479people (2011)
- 313households
- 67.7%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pargaon

Of every 100 households in Pargaon in 2011, 28 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pargaon · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**70%

Tap water ****55%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**32%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****16%**

**27%

Television ****19%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**37%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Pargaon?

■ Pargaon · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.7%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**936

Working population ****45.6%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.9% for men and 59.7% for women. 60% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 285 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 101 (15%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 71 (11%) · **■** Marginal 215 (32%)

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 Gangarampur

- Ratinathpur1,517 people
- Tilna1,514 people
- Pulinda1,512 people
- Uday1,481 people
- Sayrapur1,438 people
- Puranpara1,416 people
- Gangarampur1,396 people
- Latkeshabpur1,378 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pargaon?1,479 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pargaon in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pargaon?67.7% (Census 2011)