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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Gaigaon

Gaigaon is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **502 people in 80 households**, the 177th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 502people (2011)
- 80households
- 62.0%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaigaon

Of every 100 households in Gaigaon in 2011, 1 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gaigaon · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**26%

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

**21%

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

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****10%**

**19%

Television ****1%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**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 Gaigaon?

■ Gaigaon · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.0%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****945**

**943

Working population ****45.6%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.2% for men and 49.5% for women. 44% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 47 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 6 (3%) · **■** Marginal 172 (75%)

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

- Barodangi566 people
- Debottar Milik548 people
- Chengatoli540 people
- Mohsunda535 people
- Sulatanpur487 people
- Belbari472 people
- Jhari451 people
- Harra380 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaigaon?502 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaigaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaigaon?62.0% (Census 2011)