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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bahangaon

Bahangaon is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,507 people in 549 households**, the 49th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 2,507people (2011)
- 549households
- 67.3%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bahangaon

Of every 100 households in Bahangaon in 2011, 12 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bahangaon · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**78%

Tap water ****23%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****96%**

**60%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****37%**

**19%

Television ****14%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

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

**28%

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 Bahangaon?

■ Bahangaon · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.3%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****868**

**943

Working population ****39.1%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 57.6% for women. 51% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 108 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 303 (31%) · **■** Household industry 246 (25%) · **■** Other work 286 (29%) · **■** Marginal 37 (4%)

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

- Pachim Mohanpur2,541 people
- Parua2,533 people
- Alianagar2,527 people
- Balia2,514 people
- Budhra2,465 people
- Mankaur2,463 people
- Singardaha2,425 people
- Baliamani2,414 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bahangaon?2,507 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahangaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bahangaon?67.3% (Census 2011)