# Badamail Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Badamail

Badamail is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,673 people in 402 households**, the 28th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,673people (2011)
- 402households
- 78.0%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Badamail

Of every 100 households in Badamail in 2011, 65 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Badamail · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**90%

Use banking services ****41%**

**41%

Television ****53%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****5%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**26%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Badamail?

■ Badamail · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.0%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1243**

**965

Working population ****45.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 71.2% for women. 61% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 134 (17%) · **■** Household industry 19 (2%) · **■** Other work 166 (22%) · **■** Marginal 378 (49%)

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 Balurghat

- Baul1,786 people
- Noksha1,698 people
- Malancha1,681 people
- Boaldar1,679 people
- Hossenpur1,642 people
- Dakshin Sibrampur1,629 people
- Danga1,603 people
- Dhulatair1,596 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Badamail?1,673 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Badamail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Badamail?78.0% (Census 2011)