# Poradanga Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Poradanga

Poradanga is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **473 people in 98 households**, the 149th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 473people (2011)
- 98households
- 49.1%literacy
- 1,004females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Poradanga

Of every 100 households in Poradanga in 2011, 16 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Poradanga · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****16%**

**18%

Television ****4%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Poradanga?

■ Poradanga · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.1%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1004**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1121**

**955

Working population ****36.8%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.1% for men and 38.0% for women. 59% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 61 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (21%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 21 (12%) · **■** Marginal 51 (29%)

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 Kushmundi

- Maulai492 people
- Mastail489 people
- Madhabpur Baragachhi481 people
- Badbighor478 people
- Faraspur457 people
- Nituttarpara455 people
- Mahishakuri450 people
- Balarampur448 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Poradanga?473 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Poradanga in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Poradanga?49.1% (Census 2011)