# Balindar Village, Kalna - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kalna - II, Barddhaman 

# Balindar

Balindar is a village in Kalna - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,534 people in 611 households**, the 16th largest of 112 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 2,534people (2011)
- 611households
- 73.9%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balindar

Of every 100 households in Balindar in 2011, 48 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Balindar · ■ Kalna - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**46%

Tap water ****6%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**6%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****56%**

**62%

Television ****38%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**16%

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 Balindar?

■ Balindar · ■ Kalna - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1083**

**963

Working population ****42.2%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.7% for men and 67.1% for women. 59% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 137 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 321 (30%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 198 (19%) · **■** Marginal 397 (37%)

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 Kalna - II

- Balia2,808 people
- Shrirampur2,699 people
- Pathar Ghata2,616 people
- Mirhat2,541 people
- Purbba Sahapur2,518 people
- Akalpaush2,394 people
- Bara Dhamas2,228 people
- Panchrakhi2,135 people

[All 112 villages in Kalna - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kalna-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balindar?2,534 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balindar in?Barddhaman district (Kalna - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balindar?73.9% (Census 2011)