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

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Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Nargun

Nargun is a village in Goalpokhar - I sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,195 people in 252 households**, the 89th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.

- 1,195people (2011)
- 252households
- 45.1%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nargun

Of every 100 households in Nargun in 2011, 13 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nargun · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**29%

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

**12%

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

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**37%

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

**1%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****6%**

**20%

Television ****8%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**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 Nargun?

■ Nargun · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.1%**

**41.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1066**

**950

Working population ****28.9%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 49.2% for men and 40.4% for women. 49% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 157 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 104 (30%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 10 (3%) · **■** Marginal 73 (21%)

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

- Balichuka Paschim1,266 people
- Dangipara1,252 people
- Majgaon1,221 people
- Siripur1,204 people
- Kanhaiabari1,168 people
- Mahisasur1,147 people
- Gidrugachh1,144 people
- Dehar1,069 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 Nargun?1,195 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nargun in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nargun?45.1% (Census 2011)