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

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kunargaon

Kunargaon is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,980 people in 395 households**, the 51st largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 1,980people (2011)
- 395households
- 42.3%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kunargaon

Of every 100 households in Kunargaon in 2011, 10 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kunargaon · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**62%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****51%**

**20%

Television ****6%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**40%

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 Kunargaon?

■ Kunargaon · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.3%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1169**

**967

Working population ****27.9%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 44.9% for men and 39.6% for women. 46% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 361 (65%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 24 (4%) · **■** Marginal 53 (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 Islampur

- Daribhir2,127 people
- Rohia2,021 people
- Jhargaon2,008 people
- Kalughat1,986 people
- Kalugachh1,960 people
- Dakshin Kadamgachhi1,921 people
- Chapasar1,905 people
- Tangipokar1,868 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kunargaon?1,980 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kunargaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kunargaon?42.3% (Census 2011)