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

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Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dangapara

Dangapara is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **832 people in 199 households**, the 164th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 832people (2011)
- 199households
- 78.4%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dangapara

Of every 100 households in Dangapara in 2011, 39 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dangapara · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**67%

Tap water ****24%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**72%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**92%

Use banking services ****17%**

**24%

Television ****31%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**21%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dangapara?

■ Dangapara · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1125**

**939

Working population ****38.2%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 69.8% for women. 52% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 39 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 66 (21%) · **■** Household industry 32 (10%) · **■** Other work 80 (25%) · **■** Marginal 101 (32%)

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

- Kanaipur874 people
- Kumarol874 people
- Malanchi871 people
- Hatmani858 people
- Bhiti811 people
- Bastor799 people
- Brahmapur773 people
- Bannagra762 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dangapara?832 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dangapara in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dangapara?78.4% (Census 2011)