# Haldi Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Haldi

Haldi is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **538 people in 115 households**, the 89th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 538people (2011)
- 115households
- 65.1%literacy
- 1,023females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Haldi

Of every 100 households in Haldi in 2011, 30 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Haldi · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**58%

Tap water ****98%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**27%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**89%

Use banking services ****20%**

**32%

Television ****17%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****37%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Haldi?

■ Haldi · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.1%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1023**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**972

Working population ****41.4%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.2% for men and 64.9% for women. 62% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 59 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 103 (46%) · **■** Other work 26 (12%) · **■** Marginal 35 (16%)

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 Bansihari

- Shisha579 people
- Gopalpur572 people
- Kamalpur569 people
- Chenra559 people
- Naopara534 people
- Puria531 people
- Bighva527 people
- Uttar Lakshmipur524 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Haldi?538 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Haldi in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Haldi?65.1% (Census 2011)