# Alighata Village, Lalgola, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Lalgola, Murshidabad 

# Alighata

Alighata is a village in Lalgola sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **443 people in 93 households**, the 77th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.3%.

- 443people (2011)
- 93households
- 80.1%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Alighata

Of every 100 households in Alighata in 2011, 40 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Alighata · ■ Lalgola rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**38%

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

**3%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****22%**

**25%

Television ****10%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****30%**

**38%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Alighata?

■ Alighata · ■ Lalgola rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.1%**

**64.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****824**

**977

Working population ****33.6%**

**34.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 76.3% for women. 53% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 16 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (19%) · **■** Other work 73 (49%) · **■** Marginal 31 (21%)

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 Lalgola

- Radhakantapur580 people
- Haripur531 people
- Khosalpur523 people
- Neamatpur477 people
- Egdalia409 people
- Badagare347 people
- Satpakhia265 people
- Arazi Narayanpur146 people

[All 94 villages in Lalgola](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/lalgola/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Alighata?443 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alighata in?Murshidabad district (Lalgola sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Alighata?80.1% (Census 2011)