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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Boaldar

Boaldar is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,679 people in 423 households**, the 27th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,679people (2011)
- 423households
- 77.8%literacy
- 1,006females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Boaldar

Of every 100 households in Boaldar in 2011, 30 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Boaldar · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**65%

Tap water ****11%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**90%

Use banking services ****25%**

**41%

Television ****31%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**26%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Boaldar?

■ Boaldar · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.8%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****933**

**965

Working population ****54.3%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 71.5% for women. 65% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 485 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (4%) · **■** Household industry 160 (18%) · **■** Other work 127 (14%) · **■** Marginal 100 (11%)

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

- Badkhorna1,801 people
- Baul1,786 people
- Noksha1,698 people
- Malancha1,681 people
- Badamail1,673 people
- Hossenpur1,642 people
- Dakshin Sibrampur1,629 people
- Danga1,603 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Boaldar?1,679 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Boaldar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Boaldar?77.8% (Census 2011)