# Beldanga Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Beldanga

Beldanga is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,219 people in 213 households**, the 53rd largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,219people (2011)
- 213households
- 62.2%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Beldanga

Of every 100 households in Beldanga in 2011, 22 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Beldanga · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****39%**

**67%

Use banking services ****48%**

**43%

Television ****16%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**25%

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 Beldanga?

■ Beldanga · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.2%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****895**

**908

Working population ****40.9%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.8% for men and 45.5% for women. 57% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 190 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 71 (14%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 97 (19%) · **■** Marginal 140 (28%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Srichandrapur1,243 people
- Konra1,231 people
- Pheguasol1,230 people
- Machh Banda1,222 people
- Ramkanali1,173 people
- Selera1,170 people
- Bhatla Para1,152 people
- Jemua1,138 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Beldanga?1,219 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Beldanga in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Beldanga?62.2% (Census 2011)