# Kuargaon Village, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kuargaon

Kuargaon is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,853 people in 766 households**, the 29th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 3,853people (2011)
- 766households
- 53.8%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kuargaon

Of every 100 households in Kuargaon in 2011, 30 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kuargaon · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**62%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****10%**

**20%

Television ****2%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**40%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Kuargaon?

■ Kuargaon · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.8%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****989**

**967

Working population ****30.5%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.4% for men and 44.8% for women. 46% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 192 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 213 (18%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 575 (49%) · **■** Marginal 182 (15%)

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 Islampur

- Kamlagaon4,316 people
- Manikpur3,980 people
- Iluabari3,921 people
- Panditpota3,898 people
- Kundargaon3,306 people
- Kalanagin3,265 people
- Chhatish3,257 people
- Pothia3,108 people

[All 101 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kuargaon?3,853 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kuargaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kuargaon?53.8% (Census 2011)