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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Danga

Danga is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,603 people in 413 households**, the 31st largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,603people (2011)
- 413households
- 73.7%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Danga

Of every 100 households in Danga in 2011, 60 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Danga · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****14%**

**41%

Television ****30%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**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 Danga?

■ Danga · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****719**

**965

Working population ****47.7%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 64.7% for women. 59% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 180 (24%) · **■** Household industry 43 (6%) · **■** Other work 356 (47%) · **■** Marginal 152 (20%)

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

- Boaldar1,679 people
- Badamail1,673 people
- Hossenpur1,642 people
- Dakshin Sibrampur1,629 people
- Dhulatair1,596 people
- Mangalpur1,584 people
- Mahinagar1,523 people
- Sobrasyampur1,495 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Danga?1,603 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Danga in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Danga?73.7% (Census 2011)