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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Begma

Begma is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,352 people in 288 households**, the 99th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,352people (2011)
- 288households
- 60.5%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Begma

Of every 100 households in Begma in 2011, 48 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Begma · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****14%**

**19%

Television ****17%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**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 Begma?

■ Begma · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.5%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****850**

**943

Working population ****57.5%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.7% for men and 49.1% for women. 63% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 101 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 283 (36%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 148 (19%) · **■** Marginal 242 (31%)

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

- Minapur1,433 people
- Abdulpur1,386 people
- Baliamora1,383 people
- Paschim Pipla1,380 people
- Bhaksala1,352 people
- Kachna1,321 people
- Kismat Altapur1,320 people
- Khudar Gachhi1,318 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Begma?1,352 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Begma in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Begma?60.5% (Census 2011)