# Baniagaon Village, Alipurduar - II, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Alipurduar - II, Jalpaiguri 

# Baniagaon

Baniagaon is a village in Alipurduar - II sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,277 people in 464 households**, the 41st largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 2,277people (2011)
- 464households
- 75.3%literacy
- 1,024females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baniagaon

Of every 100 households in Baniagaon in 2011, 0 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baniagaon · ■ Alipurduar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**45%

Tap water ****71%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****87%**

**72%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****5%**

**25%

Television ****3%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**94%

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 Baniagaon?

■ Baniagaon · ■ Alipurduar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.3%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1024**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1277**

**939

Working population ****61.6%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.2% for men and 72.3% for women. 66% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 222 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 103 (7%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 30 (2%) · **■** Marginal 1,043 (74%)

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 Alipurduar - II

- Uttar Majherdabri2,558 people
- Damsibad2,437 people
- Chhipra2,302 people
- Dakshin Shibkata2,300 people
- Uttar Dhalkar2,205 people
- Thanupara2,192 people
- Dhalajhora2,136 people
- Purba Barachouki2,118 people

[All 78 villages in Alipurduar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/alipurduar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baniagaon?2,277 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baniagaon in?Jalpaiguri district (Alipurduar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baniagaon?75.3% (Census 2011)