# Bagcha Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bagcha

Bagcha is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,170 people in 262 households**, the 66th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,170people (2011)
- 262households
- 61.1%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bagcha

Of every 100 households in Bagcha in 2011, 26 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bagcha · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**23%

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

**17%

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

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**46%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**96%

Use banking services ****57%**

**34%

Television ****13%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**20%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Bagcha?

■ Bagcha · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.1%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****943**

**969

Working population ****35.9%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.8% for men and 54.8% for women. 54% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 175 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 186 (44%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 30 (7%) · **■** Marginal 26 (6%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Beurjhari1,259 people
- Jarang1,250 people
- Kuanrpur1,243 people
- Purba Rampur1,223 people
- Chandipur1,167 people
- Jingaon1,157 people
- Hatpara1,144 people
- Uttar Lakshmipur1,144 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bagcha?1,170 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bagcha in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bagcha?61.1% (Census 2011)