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

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Pahargaon

Pahargaon is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,128 people in 250 households**, the 71st largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,128people (2011)
- 250households
- 49.9%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pahargaon

Of every 100 households in Pahargaon in 2011, 12 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pahargaon · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****9%**

**34%

Television ****8%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**20%

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 Pahargaon?

■ Pahargaon · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.9%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****945**

**969

Working population ****46.9%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.9% for men and 44.7% for women. 55% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 149 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 171 (32%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 26 (5%) · **■** Marginal 182 (34%)

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

- Chandipur1,167 people
- Jingaon1,157 people
- Hatpara1,144 people
- Uttar Lakshmipur1,144 people
- Kashidanga1,119 people
- Chapair1,113 people
- Kushgram1,097 people
- Hariharpur1,094 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pahargaon?1,128 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pahargaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pahargaon?49.9% (Census 2011)