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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bihanagar

Bihanagar is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,679 people in 371 households**, the 79th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,679people (2011)
- 371households
- 63.6%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bihanagar

Of every 100 households in Bihanagar in 2011, 15 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bihanagar · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**78%

Tap water ****7%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**60%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****31%**

**19%

Television ****14%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**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 Bihanagar?

■ Bihanagar · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.6%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1358**

**943

Working population ****49.9%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.8% for men and 55.7% for women. 55% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 118 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 313 (37%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 81 (10%) · **■** Marginal 310 (37%)

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

- Bhagdoarin1,796 people
- Malkot1,784 people
- Purba Goalgaon1,707 people
- Bhopla1,683 people
- Duaran1,666 people
- Karandighi1,653 people
- Hemenpur1,615 people
- Barua1,613 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bihanagar?1,679 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bihanagar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bihanagar?63.6% (Census 2011)