# Balidanga Village, Mangolkote, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Mangolkote, Barddhaman 

# Balidanga

Balidanga is a village in Mangolkote sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,278 people in 302 households**, the 73rd largest of 130 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.

- 1,278people (2011)
- 302households
- 71.3%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balidanga

Of every 100 households in Balidanga in 2011, 14 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balidanga · ■ Mangolkote rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**26%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****51%**

**59%

Television ****9%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**36%

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 Balidanga?

■ Balidanga · ■ Mangolkote rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**68.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****886**

**986

Working population ****38.7%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 64.1% for women. 60% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 70 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (15%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 61 (12%) · **■** Marginal 285 (58%)

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 Mangolkote

- Palashi1,320 people
- Kharija Kshirgram1,300 people
- Ramnagar1,297 people
- Amdob1,284 people
- Pilsoan1,274 people
- Chak Kharija Kshirgram1,219 people
- Singat1,212 people
- Kotalghosh1,207 people

[All 132 villages in Mangolkote](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/mangolkote/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balidanga?1,278 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balidanga in?Barddhaman district (Mangolkote sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balidanga?71.3% (Census 2011)