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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Badkhorna

Badkhorna is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,801 people in 446 households**, the 23rd largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,801people (2011)
- 446households
- 72.7%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Badkhorna

Of every 100 households in Badkhorna in 2011, 14 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Badkhorna · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****34%**

**41%

Television ****13%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**26%

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 Badkhorna?

■ Badkhorna · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**73.1%

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

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1134**

**965

Working population ****52.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.9% for men and 66.9% for women. 62% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 176 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 361 (38%) · **■** Household industry 36 (4%) · **■** Other work 102 (11%) · **■** Marginal 264 (28%)

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

- Panditpur1,932 people
- Hazipur1,900 people
- Paranpur1,889 people
- Kaigram1,826 people
- Baul1,786 people
- Noksha1,698 people
- Malancha1,681 people
- Boaldar1,679 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Badkhorna?1,801 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Badkhorna in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Badkhorna?72.7% (Census 2011)