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

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Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Nargaon

Nargaon 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 **809 people in 183 households**, the 104th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.

- 809people (2011)
- 183households
- 51.9%literacy
- 868females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nargaon

Of every 100 households in Nargaon in 2011, 33 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nargaon · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**29%

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

**12%

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

**87%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

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

**37%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****48%**

**91%

Use banking services ****5%**

**20%

Television ****7%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**35%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Nargaon?

■ Nargaon · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.9%**

**41.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****868**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****865**

**950

Working population ****28.7%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.5% for men and 42.1% for women. 51% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 76 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 139 (60%) · **■** Other work 14 (6%) · **■** Marginal 3 (1%)

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

- Khora911 people
- Raskora840 people
- Uttar Ghoramara826 people
- Banspokhar818 people
- Tegharia801 people
- Masnabhita789 people
- Khichra785 people
- Paschim Pamal725 people

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

## Other places named Nargaon

- Nargaon · Village, Bhikangaon, Khargone · 1,828 people
- Nargaon · Village, Palasbari, Kamrup · 1,037 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nargaon?809 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nargaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nargaon?51.9% (Census 2011)