# Baggaon Village, Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Baggaon

Baggaon is a village in Goalpokhar - I sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,079 people in 342 households**, the 55th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 23.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.

- 2,079people (2011)
- 342households
- 23.8%literacy
- 873females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baggaon

Of every 100 households in Baggaon in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Baggaon · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**37%

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

**1%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****8%**

**20%

Television ****0%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Baggaon?

■ Baggaon · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****23.8%**

**41.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****974**

**950

Working population ****24.5%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 31.3% for men and 14.9% for women. 43% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 241 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 197 (39%) · **■** Other work 21 (4%) · **■** Marginal 51 (10%)

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 Goalpokhar - I

- Goagaon2,150 people
- Singhanath Kalan2,140 people
- Balichaur2,094 people
- Purbba Pamal2,092 people
- Purbba Goti2,079 people
- Sirnia2,045 people
- Bualmari2,041 people
- Intia2,029 people

[All 152 villages in Goalpokhar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baggaon?2,079 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baggaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baggaon?23.8% (Census 2011)