# Belgaon Village, Burwan, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Burwan, Murshidabad 

# Belgaon

Belgaon is a village in Burwan sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,174 people in 284 households**, the 80th largest of 155 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,174people (2011)
- 284households
- 69.9%literacy
- 900females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belgaon

Of every 100 households in Belgaon in 2011, 38 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Belgaon · ■ Burwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**17%

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

**3%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****3%**

**32%

Television ****28%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**48%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Belgaon?

■ Belgaon · ■ Burwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.9%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1109**

**945

Working population ****38.0%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.2% for men and 60.6% for women. 59% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 53 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 58 (13%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 42 (9%) · **■** Marginal 288 (65%)

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 Burwan

- Ramrampur1,238 people
- Faridpur1,234 people
- Nandi Baneswar1,210 people
- Jugaswara1,175 people
- Badda1,127 people
- Petari1,111 people
- Bahara1,094 people
- Golahat1,073 people

[All 160 villages in Burwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/burwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belgaon?1,174 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belgaon in?Murshidabad district (Burwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belgaon?69.9% (Census 2011)