# Badgaon, Jhalda - I, Puruliya – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Badgaon

Badgaon is a village in [Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/) sub-district of [Puruliya](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **594 people in 122 households**, the 88th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 594people (2011)
- 122households
- 58.8%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Badgaon

Of every 100 households in Badgaon in 2011, 4 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Badgaon · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****61%**

**39%

Television ****4%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Badgaon?

■ Badgaon · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.8%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****896**

**946

Working population ****30.5%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.9% for men and 43.1% for women. 47% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 26 (14%) · **■** Other work 12 (7%) · **■** Marginal 143 (79%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Gosaindi618 people
- Patub611 people
- Chamardag607 people
- Ankura601 people
- Pardi579 people
- Badgram578 people
- Bagbinda533 people
- Palma526 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

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## Quick answers

- What is the population of Badgaon?594 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Badgaon in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Badgaon?58.8% (Census 2011)