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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Radhanagar

Radhanagar is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,492 people in 367 households**, the 36th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,492people (2011)
- 367households
- 76.0%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Radhanagar

Of every 100 households in Radhanagar in 2011, 24 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Radhanagar · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**65%

Tap water ****3%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****43%**

**41%

Television ****20%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**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 Radhanagar?

■ Radhanagar · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1176**

**965

Working population ****57.8%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 65.5% for women. 61% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 122 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 284 (33%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 134 (16%) · **■** Marginal 317 (37%)

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

- Dhulatair1,596 people
- Mangalpur1,584 people
- Mahinagar1,523 people
- Sobrasyampur1,495 people
- Dakshin Khhanpur1,488 people
- Bhushila1,449 people
- Ajodhya1,426 people
- Dasul1,397 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Radhanagar?1,492 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Radhanagar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Radhanagar?76.0% (Census 2011)