# Bagdhar Village, Murshidabad Jiaganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Murshidabad Jiaganj, Murshidabad 

# Bagdhar

Bagdhar is a village in Murshidabad Jiaganj sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,520 people in 349 households**, the 56th largest of 127 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,520people (2011)
- 349households
- 84.6%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bagdhar

Of every 100 households in Bagdhar in 2011, 67 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bagdhar · ■ Murshidabad Jiaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**41%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**58%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**92%

Use banking services ****63%**

**38%

Television ****37%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**95%

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 Bagdhar?

■ Bagdhar · ■ Murshidabad Jiaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.6%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****816**

**960

Working population ****36.3%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.0% for men and 79.9% for women. 60% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 63 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 115 (21%) · **■** Household industry 39 (7%) · **■** Other work 286 (52%) · **■** Marginal 49 (9%)

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 Murshidabad Jiaganj

- Bahadurpur1,675 people
- Uttar Ganespur1,611 people
- Chandipur1,547 people
- Raitanbag1,544 people
- Birampur1,500 people
- Ukta1,392 people
- Hasnabad1,388 people
- Ransagar1,351 people

[All 132 villages in Murshidabad Jiaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/murshidabad-jiaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bagdhar?1,520 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bagdhar in?Murshidabad district (Murshidabad Jiaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bagdhar?84.6% (Census 2011)