# Paran Nagar Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Paran Nagar

Paran Nagar is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,262 people in 245 households**, the 111th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,262people (2011)
- 245households
- 53.7%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paran Nagar

Of every 100 households in Paran Nagar in 2011, 13 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paran Nagar · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****1%**

**19%

Television ****7%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Paran Nagar?

■ Paran Nagar · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.7%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****858**

**943

Working population ****45.5%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.3% for men and 42.5% for women. 55% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 230 (40%) · **■** Household industry 44 (8%) · **■** Other work 122 (21%) · **■** Marginal 66 (11%)

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

- Harasanda1,299 people
- Chand Gola1,286 people
- Temarpur1,281 people
- Mirzadpur1,270 people
- Purba Prasadpur1,243 people
- Baijuar1,237 people
- Dewanjagir1,207 people
- Dakshin Mohanpur1,206 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paran Nagar?1,262 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paran Nagar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paran Nagar?53.7% (Census 2011)