# Aradanga Village, Khandaghosh, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Khandaghosh, Barddhaman 

# Aradanga

Aradanga is a village in Khandaghosh sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,517 people in 331 households**, the 42nd largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 1,517people (2011)
- 331households
- 69.1%literacy
- 894females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Aradanga

Of every 100 households in Aradanga in 2011, 56 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Aradanga · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**36%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**81%

Use banking services ****12%**

**70%

Television ****21%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**19%

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 Aradanga?

■ Aradanga · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****894**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**960

Working population ****35.3%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.9% for men and 61.5% for women. 57% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 80 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 213 (40%) · **■** Household industry 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 59 (11%) · **■** Marginal 170 (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 Khandaghosh

- Napara1,613 people
- Kule1,579 people
- Alipur1,546 people
- Kapshit1,524 people
- Torkona1,400 people
- Khundkuri1,389 people
- Telun1,383 people
- Muidhara1,376 people

[All 111 villages in Khandaghosh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/khandaghosh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Aradanga?1,517 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Aradanga in?Barddhaman district (Khandaghosh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Aradanga?69.1% (Census 2011)