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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bighor

Bighor is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **259 people in 57 households**, the 205th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 259people (2011)
- 57households
- 77.6%literacy
- 837females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bighor

Of every 100 households in Bighor in 2011, 7 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bighor · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**27%

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

**17%

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

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****72%**

**18%

Television ****2%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bighor?

■ Bighor · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.6%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****837**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****632**

**955

Working population ****78.4%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.9% for men and 77.4% for women. 79% of men and 78% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 8 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (34%) · **■** Marginal 126 (62%)

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

- Jaherpur271 people
- Lakshmantara271 people
- Chapapara270 people
- Nij Raghunathpur263 people
- Punat256 people
- Barail254 people
- Paschim Para248 people
- Gangajit246 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bighor?259 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bighor in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bighor?77.6% (Census 2011)