# Bangaon, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy

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Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bangaon

Bangaon is a village in [Goalpokhar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-i/) sub-district of [Uttar Dinajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **3,509 people in 632 households**, the 29th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.

- 3,509people (2011)
- 632households
- 35.6%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bangaon

Of every 100 households in Bangaon in 2011, 50 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bangaon · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**37%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**91%

Use banking services ****4%**

**20%

Television ****6%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**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 Bangaon?

■ Bangaon · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****35.6%**

**41.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****985**

**950

Working population ****32.7%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 42.1% for men and 28.6% for women. 51% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 335 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 462 (40%) · **■** Household industry 43 (4%) · **■** Other work 78 (7%) · **■** Marginal 228 (20%)

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

- Chapra Bakhari3,936 people
- Dakshin Sahapur3,748 people
- Dauapara3,688 people
- Deona3,551 people
- Nando3,416 people
- Satbhita3,190 people
- Hariano3,159 people
- Malduar2,993 people

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

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## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bangaon?3,509 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bangaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bangaon?35.6% (Census 2011)