# Bagbagan Village, Gosaba – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gosaba, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bagbagan

Bagbagan is a village in Gosaba sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,467 people in 791 households**, the 38th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 3,467people (2011)
- 791households
- 79.3%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bagbagan

Of every 100 households in Bagbagan in 2011, 1 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bagbagan · ■ Gosaba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**23%

Tap water ****64%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****25%**

**35%

Television ****6%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****59%**

**51%

Own their home ****96%**

**98%

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 Bagbagan?

■ Bagbagan · ■ Gosaba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****863**

**981

Working population ****51.9%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 71.6% for women. 63% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 137 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 496 (28%) · **■** Household industry 8 (0%) · **■** Other work 120 (7%) · **■** Marginal 1,038 (58%)

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 Gosaba

- Hamilton Abad3,761 people
- Uttar Danga3,673 people
- Rangabalia3,620 people
- Palpur3,507 people
- Sonagar3,391 people
- Battali3,369 people
- Tentultala3,280 people
- Ramnagarar3,202 people

[All 51 villages in Gosaba](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/gosaba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bagbagan?3,467 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bagbagan in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Gosaba sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bagbagan?79.3% (Census 2011)