# Purana Bangaon Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Purana Bangaon

Purana Bangaon is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,265 people in 1,891 households**, the 4th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 8,265people (2011)
- 1,891households
- 75.9%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purana Bangaon

Of every 100 households in Purana Bangaon in 2011, 50 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Purana Bangaon · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**19%

Tap water ****4%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**92%

Use banking services ****23%**

**38%

Television ****32%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****25%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Purana Bangaon?

■ Purana Bangaon · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.9%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1023**

**962

Working population ****34.9%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 69.9% for women. 59% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 541 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 753 (26%) · **■** Household industry 73 (3%) · **■** Other work 1,362 (47%) · **■** Marginal 157 (5%)

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 Bongaon

- Khamarkalla12,645 people
- Chhaygharia10,891 people
- Kalupur10,413 people
- Chauberia8,039 people
- Kansona7,334 people
- Barakpur6,945 people
- Ichhlampur6,886 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purana Bangaon?8,265 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purana Bangaon in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purana Bangaon?75.9% (Census 2011)