# Baghna Village, Gaighata – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Baghna

Baghna is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,639 people in 895 households**, the 22nd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 3,639people (2011)
- 895households
- 86.1%literacy
- 1,015females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baghna

Of every 100 households in Baghna in 2011, 74 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Baghna · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**3%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**91%

Use banking services ****57%**

**47%

Television ****42%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**17%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Baghna?

■ Baghna · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.1%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1015**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1230**

**965

Working population ****34.0%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.9% for men and 82.2% for women. 61% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 164 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 375 (30%) · **■** Household industry 62 (5%) · **■** Other work 530 (43%) · **■** Marginal 107 (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 Gaighata

- Digha3,971 people
- Gaighata3,878 people
- Shashadanga3,855 people
- Simuliapara3,678 people
- Rajapur3,621 people
- Deopuli3,583 people
- Barasehana3,495 people
- Jhaudanga3,476 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baghna?3,639 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baghna in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baghna?86.1% (Census 2011)