# Baldu Village, Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Baldu

Baldu is a village in Harirampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,111 people in 525 households**, the 8th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 2,111people (2011)
- 525households
- 51.4%literacy
- 1,070females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baldu

Of every 100 households in Baldu in 2011, 11 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baldu · ■ Harirampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**78%

Tap water ****17%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**16%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****4%**

**24%

Television ****3%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****67%**

**32%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Baldu?

■ Baldu · ■ Harirampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.4%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1070**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****944**

**973

Working population ****35.4%**

**40.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.0% for men and 39.9% for women. 51% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 94 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 79 (11%) · **■** Other work 24 (3%) · **■** Marginal 550 (74%)

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 Harirampur

- Bairhatta2,639 people
- Muskipur2,205 people
- Dhanaipur2,175 people
- Gurkhair2,162 people
- Musan2,107 people
- Jamuna2,098 people
- Fasiabad2,014 people
- Naradas1,976 people

[All 151 villages in Harirampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/harirampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baldu?2,111 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baldu in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Harirampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baldu?51.4% (Census 2011)