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

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Paligaon

Paligaon is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,834 people in 380 households**, the 34th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,834people (2011)
- 380households
- 81.4%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paligaon

Of every 100 households in Paligaon in 2011, 12 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Paligaon · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**23%

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

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****59%**

**34%

Television ****6%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**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 Paligaon?

■ Paligaon · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.4%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1094**

**969

Working population ****37.5%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 77.8% for women. 55% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 394 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (10%) · **■** Household industry 80 (12%) · **■** Other work 69 (10%) · **■** Marginal 73 (11%)

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

- Bhabanipur1,964 people
- Anaun1,950 people
- Rautgaon1,870 people
- Majhiar1,845 people
- Phulatti1,818 people
- Sintair1,811 people
- Nasirhat1,791 people
- Balas1,771 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paligaon?1,834 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paligaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paligaon?81.4% (Census 2011)