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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Duaran

Duaran is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,666 people in 325 households**, the 80th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,666people (2011)
- 325households
- 46.4%literacy
- 1,024females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Duaran

Of every 100 households in Duaran in 2011, 35 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Duaran · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****3%**

**19%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**28%

Own their home ****85%**

**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 Duaran?

■ Duaran · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.4%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1024**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1043**

**943

Working population ****41.5%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.9% for men and 44.0% for women. 53% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 242 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 111 (16%) · **■** Household industry 130 (19%) · **■** Other work 22 (3%) · **■** Marginal 186 (27%)

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

- Malkot1,784 people
- Purba Goalgaon1,707 people
- Bhopla1,683 people
- Bihanagar1,679 people
- Karandighi1,653 people
- Hemenpur1,615 people
- Barua1,613 people
- Doarin1,579 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Duaran?1,666 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Duaran in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Duaran?46.4% (Census 2011)