# Badbighor Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Badbighor

Badbighor is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **478 people in 104 households**, the 148th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 478people (2011)
- 104households
- 78.6%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Badbighor

Of every 100 households in Badbighor in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Badbighor · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**29%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**93%

Use banking services ****48%**

**18%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**24%

Own their home ****97%**

**99%

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 Badbighor?

■ Badbighor · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.6%**

**65.4%

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

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****926**

**955

Working population ****42.5%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 68.1% for women. 49% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 92 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 22 (11%) · **■** Marginal 86 (42%)

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 Kushmundi

- Panchanagar499 people
- Maulai492 people
- Mastail489 people
- Madhabpur Baragachhi481 people
- Poradanga473 people
- Faraspur457 people
- Nituttarpara455 people
- Mahishakuri450 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Badbighor?478 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Badbighor in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Badbighor?78.6% (Census 2011)