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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Pargaon

Pargaon is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,523 people in 666 households**, the 26th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 3,523people (2011)
- 666households
- 53.4%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pargaon

Of every 100 households in Pargaon in 2011, 49 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pargaon · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****36%**

**19%

Television ****19%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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 Pargaon?

■ Pargaon · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.4%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****959**

**943

Working population ****47.6%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.9% for men and 43.8% for women. 52% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 356 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 477 (28%) · **■** Household industry 108 (6%) · **■** Other work 249 (15%) · **■** Marginal 486 (29%)

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

- Dakshin Betauna3,730 people
- Burihan3,670 people
- Nakol3,669 people
- Bhikhanpur3,568 people
- Bikaur3,473 people
- Gospur3,367 people
- Basudebpur3,237 people
- Nazirpur3,112 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pargaon?3,523 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pargaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pargaon?53.4% (Census 2011)