# Kaoagap Village, Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Kaoagap

Kaoagap is a village in Maynaguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,808 people in 635 households**, the 45th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 2,808people (2011)
- 635households
- 64.6%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kaoagap

Of every 100 households in Kaoagap in 2011, 5 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kaoagap · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**20%

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

**32%

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

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**68%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****8%**

**22%

Television ****5%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**31%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Kaoagap?

■ Kaoagap · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.6%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****838**

**940

Working population ****43.1%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.7% for men and 56.7% for women. 59% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 241 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 367 (30%) · **■** Household industry 6 (0%) · **■** Other work 96 (8%) · **■** Marginal 501 (41%)

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 Maynaguri

- Bhangarhat2,933 people
- Brahmapur2,883 people
- Satvendi2,847 people
- Bhangamali2,842 people
- Chapgar2,804 people
- Purbba Baragharia2,795 people
- Madhya Khagrabari2,786 people
- Ratherhat2,786 people

[All 85 villages in Maynaguri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/maynaguri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kaoagap?2,808 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kaoagap in?Jalpaiguri district (Maynaguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kaoagap?64.6% (Census 2011)