# Bangar Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bangar

Bangar is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,512 people in 932 households**, the 6th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 4,512people (2011)
- 932households
- 48.6%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bangar

Of every 100 households in Bangar in 2011, 16 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bangar · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**82%

Tap water ****4%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****23%**

**16%

Television ****8%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**32%

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 Bangar?

■ Bangar · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.6%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****979**

**955

Working population ****36.5%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.8% for men and 41.0% for women. 52% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 241 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 893 (54%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 154 (9%) · **■** Marginal 350 (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 Itahar

- Dhulahar5,681 people
- Khesra5,617 people
- Gorahar4,823 people
- Keotal4,655 people
- Barot4,394 people
- Gulandar4,105 people
- Paharajpur3,980 people
- Jayahat3,957 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bangar?4,512 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bangar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bangar?48.6% (Census 2011)