# Behargaon Village, Gazole, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Behargaon

Behargaon is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **721 people in 170 households**, the 144th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 721people (2011)
- 170households
- 47.8%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Behargaon

Of every 100 households in Behargaon in 2011, 12 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Behargaon · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**75%

Tap water ****9%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**12%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****23%**

**33%

Television ****12%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**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 Behargaon?

■ Behargaon · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.8%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****771**

**979

Working population ****53.8%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.6% for men and 38.6% for women. 60% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 128 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (17%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 88 (23%) · **■** Marginal 103 (27%)

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 Gazole

- Updel743 people
- Rangamati742 people
- Paschim Binodpur741 people
- Paschim Kasba741 people
- Bahar716 people
- Bhaktipur704 people
- Narasing Danga703 people
- Atgan700 people

[All 291 villages in Gazole](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/gazole/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Behargaon?721 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Behargaon in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Behargaon?47.8% (Census 2011)