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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Lohaganja

Lohaganja is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,367 people in 544 households**, the 11th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 2,367people (2011)
- 544households
- 59.2%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lohaganja

Of every 100 households in Lohaganja in 2011, 58 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lohaganja · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**29%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****10%**

**18%

Television ****19%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**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 Lohaganja?

■ Lohaganja · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.2%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**955

Working population ****32.7%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.1% for men and 49.2% for women. 56% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 502 (65%) · **■** Farm labourers 177 (23%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 45 (6%) · **■** Marginal 47 (6%)

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

- Chandipur2,627 people
- Berail2,459 people
- Chausa2,432 people
- Udaypur2,378 people
- Jarail2,333 people
- Lakshmipur2,268 people
- Dehabanda2,161 people
- Panchhata2,023 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lohaganja?2,367 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lohaganja in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lohaganja?59.2% (Census 2011)