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

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Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bindol

Bindol is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,486 people in 344 households**, the 101st largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 1,486people (2011)
- 344households
- 83.7%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bindol

Of every 100 households in Bindol in 2011, 56 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 21 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bindol · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****27%**

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****95%**

**72%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****21%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**92%

Use banking services ****27%**

**24%

Television ****33%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bindol?

■ Bindol · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.7%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****954**

**939

Working population ****28.9%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.1% for men and 79.1% for women. 51% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 67 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 112 (26%) · **■** Household industry 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 212 (49%) · **■** Marginal 25 (6%)

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

- Ital1,535 people
- Tenra1,522 people
- Uttar Goalpara1,505 people
- Deogan1,502 people
- Mahespur1,485 people
- Makdampur1,466 people
- Kuliara Anantapur1,463 people
- Abhor1,460 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bindol?1,486 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bindol in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bindol?83.7% (Census 2011)