# Atanagar Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Atanagar

Atanagar is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **766 people in 147 households**, the 156th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 766people (2011)
- 147households
- 35.9%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Atanagar

Of every 100 households in Atanagar in 2011, 6 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Atanagar · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**78%

Tap water ****10%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****16%**

**19%

Television ****1%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**28%

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 Atanagar?

■ Atanagar · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****35.9%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****848**

**943

Working population ****41.9%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 40.3% for men and 31.7% for women. 48% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 72 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 191 (60%) · **■** Household industry 11 (3%) · **■** Other work 9 (3%) · **■** Marginal 38 (12%)

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 Karandighi

- Bhagsur806 people
- Jhabradangi799 people
- Barail775 people
- Chandpur775 people
- Lohapunji766 people
- Panasbari756 people
- Madargachhi748 people
- Kachnagachh740 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Atanagar?766 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Atanagar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Atanagar?35.9% (Census 2011)