# Balsidanga Village, Bhatar, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Bhatar, Barddhaman 

# Balsidanga

Balsidanga is a village in Bhatar sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,340 people in 301 households**, the 71st largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.5%.

- 1,340people (2011)
- 301households
- 74.5%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balsidanga

Of every 100 households in Balsidanga in 2011, 44 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Balsidanga · ■ Bhatar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**58%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**29%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**87%

Use banking services ****31%**

**57%

Television ****26%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**24%

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 Balsidanga?

■ Balsidanga · ■ Bhatar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**71.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****747**

**953

Working population ****42.0%**

**42.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 66.2% for women. 63% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 122 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 321 (57%) · **■** Household industry 83 (15%) · **■** Other work 34 (6%) · **■** Marginal 3 (1%)

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 Bhatar

- Ratanpur1,418 people
- Muraripur1,414 people
- Nutangram1,401 people
- Poalkura1,357 people
- Kurumba1,330 people
- Usha1,279 people
- Mandarbati1,268 people
- Salun1,246 people

[All 107 villages in Bhatar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/bhatar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balsidanga?1,340 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balsidanga in?Barddhaman district (Bhatar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balsidanga?74.5% (Census 2011)