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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dewanjagir

Dewanjagir is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,207 people in 237 households**, the 114th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,207people (2011)
- 237households
- 79.6%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dewanjagir

Of every 100 households in Dewanjagir in 2011, 34 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dewanjagir · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****18%**

**19%

Television ****22%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**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 Dewanjagir?

■ Dewanjagir · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.6%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****742**

**943

Working population ****41.6%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.5% for men and 74.2% for women. 56% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 135 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 78 (16%) · **■** Household industry 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 195 (39%) · **■** Marginal 80 (16%)

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

- Mirzadpur1,270 people
- Paran Nagar1,262 people
- Purba Prasadpur1,243 people
- Baijuar1,237 people
- Dakshin Mohanpur1,206 people
- Chiranch1,201 people
- Kamartua1,189 people
- Sargaon1,180 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dewanjagir?1,207 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dewanjagir in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dewanjagir?79.6% (Census 2011)