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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dhangaon

Dhangaon is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,208 people in 488 households**, the 56th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 2,208people (2011)
- 488households
- 48.1%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhangaon

Of every 100 households in Dhangaon in 2011, 0 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhangaon · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**78%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****6%**

**19%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**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 Dhangaon?

■ Dhangaon · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.1%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1108**

**943

Working population ****47.7%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.3% for men and 38.5% for women. 54% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 187 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 287 (27%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 19 (2%) · **■** Marginal 559 (53%)

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

- Singardaha2,425 people
- Baliamani2,414 people
- Maheshbathna2,370 people
- Sadipur2,290 people
- Tunibhita2,184 people
- Bilaspur2,105 people
- Harintor2,100 people
- Gopla2,092 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhangaon?2,208 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhangaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhangaon?48.1% (Census 2011)