# Purbba Deogaon Village, Falakata, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Falakata, Jalpaiguri 

# Purbba Deogaon

Purbba Deogaon is a village in Falakata sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,071 people in 417 households**, the 55th largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 2,071people (2011)
- 417households
- 70.2%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbba Deogaon

Of every 100 households in Purbba Deogaon in 2011, 1 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purbba Deogaon · ■ Falakata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**55%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**43%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**78%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****10%**

**20%

Television ****3%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****44%**

**33%

Own their home ****92%**

**90%

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 Purbba Deogaon?

■ Purbba Deogaon · ■ Falakata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**941

Working population ****39.1%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 65.4% for women. 53% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 153 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 331 (41%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 35 (4%) · **■** Marginal 289 (36%)

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 Falakata

- Ethelbari Tea Garden2,619 people
- Jhar Beltali2,607 people
- Beltali Bhandani2,409 people
- Kshirarkot2,326 people
- Sishabari Sarugaon1,997 people
- Paschim Deogaon1,921 people
- Karaibari1,871 people
- Dalmoney Tea Garden1,539 people

[All 60 villages in Falakata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/falakata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbba Deogaon?2,071 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbba Deogaon in?Jalpaiguri district (Falakata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbba Deogaon?70.2% (Census 2011)