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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Piazgaon

Piazgaon is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **922 people in 181 households**, the 137th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 27.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 922people (2011)
- 181households
- 27.2%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Piazgaon

Of every 100 households in Piazgaon in 2011, 5 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Piazgaon · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**21%

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

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****16%**

**19%

Television ****3%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**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 Piazgaon?

■ Piazgaon · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****27.2%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1083**

**943

Working population ****50.0%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 33.2% for men and 20.9% for women. 52% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 68 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 122 (26%) · **■** Other work 145 (31%) · **■** Marginal 126 (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

- Soshilapur1,006 people
- Saidpur970 people
- Rabanpur969 people
- Khurka963 people
- Ibrahimpur912 people
- Gorul Bhasa906 people
- Paschim Mahespur906 people
- Gobindapur875 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Piazgaon?922 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Piazgaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Piazgaon?27.2% (Census 2011)