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

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Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Sangaon

Sangaon is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,774 people in 392 households**, the 85th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 1,774people (2011)
- 392households
- 60.7%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sangaon

Of every 100 households in Sangaon in 2011, 19 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sangaon · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**72%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**92%

Use banking services ****16%**

**24%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**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 Sangaon?

■ Sangaon · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.7%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****803**

**939

Working population ****39.6%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.2% for men and 55.0% for women. 53% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 133 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 449 (64%) · **■** Other work 76 (11%) · **■** Marginal 45 (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

- Raria1,885 people
- Mahigram1,858 people
- Paschim Gobindapur1,789 people
- Shushihar1,779 people
- Mallickpur1,759 people
- Basatpur1,709 people
- Dubduar1,677 people
- Cheramati1,669 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sangaon?1,774 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sangaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sangaon?60.7% (Census 2011)