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

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Banigaon

Banigaon is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **556 people in 127 households**, the 137th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 556people (2011)
- 127households
- 69.6%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banigaon

Of every 100 households in Banigaon in 2011, 8 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Banigaon · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****17%**

**34%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Banigaon?

■ Banigaon · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**969

Working population ****43.5%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.8% for men and 59.2% for women. 56% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 14 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 138 (57%) · **■** Other work 19 (8%) · **■** Marginal 71 (29%)

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

- Uttar Kachna617 people
- Suknandighi601 people
- Mahagaon565 people
- Maruadangi563 people
- Kujia544 people
- Uttar Gobindapur535 people
- Jagdala531 people
- Joydebpur524 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banigaon?556 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banigaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banigaon?69.6% (Census 2011)