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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Degaon

Degaon is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,337 people in 334 households**, the 51st largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,337people (2011)
- 334households
- 59.7%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Degaon

Of every 100 households in Degaon in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Degaon · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****30%**

**26%

Television ****1%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Degaon?

■ Degaon · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.7%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1014**

**954

Working population ****42.2%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.8% for men and 54.2% for women. 60% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 81 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 216 (38%) · **■** Household industry 23 (4%) · **■** Other work 124 (22%) · **■** Marginal 120 (21%)

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

- Khirtta1,387 people
- Rampara Chenchra1,379 people
- Antashimul1,370 people
- Hasnagar1,345 people
- Sutail1,335 people
- Manahali1,333 people
- Ghatika1,318 people
- Malahar1,302 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Degaon?1,337 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Degaon in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Degaon?59.7% (Census 2011)