Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Baghait

Baghait is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 841 people in 222 households, the 100th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.
- 841 people (2011)
- 222 households
- 85.9% literacy
- 988 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baghait

Of every 100 households in Baghait in 2011, 63 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Baghait · ■ Tapan rural average
- Electricity for lighting 63% 31%
- Toilet within the home 58% 24%
- No toilet (open defecation) 42% 75%
- Tap water 39% 8%
- Drinking water within premises 26% 11%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 11% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 88% 94%
- Use banking services 56% 26%
- Television 45% 16%
- Mobile phone 52% 30%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 10% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 26% 33%
- Own their home 93% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Baghait?

■ Baghait · ■ Tapan rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 85.9% 68.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 988 949
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 854 954
- Working population 38.8% 45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.8% for men and 80.9% for women. 63% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 71 (22%) · ■ Farm labourers 38 (12%) · ■ Household industry 25 (8%) · ■ Other work 146 (45%) · ■ Marginal 46 (14%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Tapan
- Benipur 850 people
- Sirahal 849 people
- Chak Bhagirath 845 people
- Mahindar 842 people
- Parbatipur 835 people
- Zaziar 824 people
- Nazirpur 823 people
- Soair 822 people

All 279 villages in Tapan

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Baghait? 841 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baghait in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baghait? 85.9% (Census 2011)

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