# Katgaon Village, Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Katgaon

Katgaon is a village in Chopra sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,611 people in 485 households**, the 35th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 2,611people (2011)
- 485households
- 51.6%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Katgaon

Of every 100 households in Katgaon in 2011, 33 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Katgaon · ■ Chopra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**64%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****10%**

**37%

Television ****8%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****55%**

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Katgaon?

■ Katgaon · ■ Chopra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.6%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****989**

**953

Working population ****39.8%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.2% for men and 43.3% for women. 49% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 118 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 354 (34%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 36 (3%) · **■** Marginal 529 (51%)

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 Chopra

- Gendagachh2,803 people
- Dakshin Gorasahid2,789 people
- Bara Mircha2,700 people
- Ghirnigaon2,640 people
- Sonapatila2,565 people
- Paschim Ariangaon2,547 people
- Dakshin Ariagaon2,480 people
- Bhata2,456 people

[All 118 villages in Chopra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/chopra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Katgaon?2,611 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Katgaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Chopra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Katgaon?51.6% (Census 2011)