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

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bagoan

Bagoan is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,522 people in 362 households**, the 72nd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 1,522people (2011)
- 362households
- 76.3%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bagoan

Of every 100 households in Bagoan in 2011, 50 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bagoan · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**3%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****19%**

**47%

Television ****26%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****18%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bagoan?

■ Bagoan · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.3%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****741**

**965

Working population ****35.2%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.1% for men and 68.3% for women. 62% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 47 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 283 (53%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 165 (31%) · **■** Marginal 27 (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 Gaighata

- Mayna1,663 people
- Saruipur1,659 people
- Garjala1,632 people
- Sergar1,618 people
- Diangamanik1,490 people
- Ramchandrapur1,425 people
- Purandarpur1,417 people
- Kaya1,379 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 Bagoan?1,522 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bagoan in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bagoan?76.3% (Census 2011)