# Balaigaon Village, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Balaigaon

Balaigaon is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,221 people in 482 households**, the 65th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 2,221people (2011)
- 482households
- 55.8%literacy
- 999females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balaigaon

Of every 100 households in Balaigaon in 2011, 2 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Balaigaon · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**67%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**72%

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

**4%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****37%**

**24%

Television ****4%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**21%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Balaigaon?

■ Balaigaon · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.8%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****999**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****946**

**939

Working population ****45.4%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.6% for men and 45.2% for women. 53% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 210 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 279 (28%) · **■** Household industry 39 (4%) · **■** Other work 133 (13%) · **■** Marginal 348 (34%)

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 Raiganj

- Taherpur2,297 people
- Baje Bindol2,294 people
- Shialtor2,280 people
- Halalpur2,254 people
- Madhupur2,210 people
- Sijgram2,200 people
- Bhattagidighi2,188 people
- Hathia2,135 people

[All 222 villages in Raiganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/raiganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balaigaon?2,221 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balaigaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balaigaon?55.8% (Census 2011)