Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Halida Danga

Halida Danga is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 946 people in 227 households, the 83rd largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.
- 946 people (2011)
- 227 households
- 77.4% literacy
- 1,013 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Halida Danga

Of every 100 households in Halida Danga in 2011, 44 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Halida Danga · ■ Balurghat rural average
- Electricity for lighting 44% 38%
- Toilet within the home 22% 33%
- No toilet (open defecation) 78% 65%
- Tap water 0% 8%
- Drinking water within premises 56% 47%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 90%
- Use banking services 48% 41%
- Television 40% 26%
- Mobile phone 59% 37%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 2%
- None of these assets 7% 26%
- Own their home 100% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Halida Danga?

■ Halida Danga · ■ Balurghat rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 77.4% 73.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1013 937
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1302 965
- Working population 38.3% 46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 74.5% for women. 64% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 192 (53%) · ■ Farm labourers 22 (6%) · ■ Household industry 19 (5%) · ■ Other work 43 (12%) · ■ Marginal 86 (24%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Balurghat
- Purba Hariharpur 971 people
- Gopalbati 959 people
- Majhian 952 people
- Paschim Raynagar 950 people
- Kasiadanga 942 people
- Mayamari 930 people
- Sankarpur 928 people
- Bara Kashipur 926 people

All 307 villages in Balurghat

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Halida Danga? 946 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Halida Danga in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Halida Danga? 77.4% (Census 2011)

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