# Belungaon Village, Chanchal - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - II, Maldah 

# Belungaon

Belungaon is a village in Chanchal - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,403 people in 740 households**, the 20th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.4%.

- 3,403people (2011)
- 740households
- 61.4%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belungaon

Of every 100 households in Belungaon in 2011, 35 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Belungaon · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**80%

Tap water ****20%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****24%**

**16%

Television ****15%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****45%**

**46%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Belungaon?

■ Belungaon · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.4%**

**57.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****890**

**953

Working population ****35.7%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.9% for men and 56.5% for women. 53% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 205 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 338 (28%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 209 (17%) · **■** Marginal 458 (38%)

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 Chanchal - II

- Ranghat3,729 people
- Ramkrishnapur3,680 people
- Meghdumra3,577 people
- Gangadebi3,568 people
- Bidyanandapur3,196 people
- Janipur3,097 people
- Gorakhpur3,039 people
- Kapsia3,027 people

[All 92 villages in Chanchal - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belungaon?3,403 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belungaon in?Maldah district (Chanchal - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belungaon?61.4% (Census 2011)