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

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Maruagaon

Maruagaon is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,473 people in 480 households**, the 42nd largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 2,473people (2011)
- 480households
- 60.1%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maruagaon

Of every 100 households in Maruagaon in 2011, 60 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maruagaon · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**32%

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

**20%

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

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**62%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**95%

Use banking services ****26%**

**20%

Television ****9%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**40%

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 Maruagaon?

■ Maruagaon · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.1%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1076**

**967

Working population ****30.0%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.0% for men and 51.5% for women. 50% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 205 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 278 (37%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 156 (21%) · **■** Marginal 101 (14%)

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

- Nandoi2,790 people
- Masid Kismat2,660 people
- Uttar Kadamgachh2,623 people
- Kulthar2,589 people
- Latmasid2,443 people
- Benikaner Alias Rahatpur2,343 people
- Sialtor Taranjanbari2,197 people
- Agurasia2,194 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maruagaon?2,473 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maruagaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maruagaon?60.1% (Census 2011)