# Bhaginagar Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bhaginagar

Bhaginagar is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **421 people in 110 households**, the 192nd largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 421people (2011)
- 110households
- 64.8%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhaginagar

Of every 100 households in Bhaginagar in 2011, 29 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bhaginagar · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****18%**

**26%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**33%

Own their home ****95%**

**98%

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 Bhaginagar?

■ Bhaginagar · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.8%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****579**

**954

Working population ****62.5%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.2% for men and 58.7% for women. 63% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 26 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 82 (31%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 147 (56%)

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 Tapan

- Shalgaon433 people
- Enayetpur432 people
- Walipara430 people
- Hazipur425 people
- Moha420 people
- Madanpur418 people
- Ghatul416 people
- Jobsa413 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhaginagar?421 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhaginagar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhaginagar?64.8% (Census 2011)