# Guldanga Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Guldanga

Guldanga is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **663 people in 143 households**, the 138th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 663people (2011)
- 143households
- 58.9%literacy
- 811females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Guldanga

Of every 100 households in Guldanga in 2011, 42 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Guldanga · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****25%**

**26%

Television ****17%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Guldanga?

■ Guldanga · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.9%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****811**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****607**

**954

Working population ****47.7%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.6% for men and 52.3% for women. 51% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 20 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 104 (33%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 68 (22%) · **■** Marginal 119 (38%)

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 Tapan

- Rajballabh Chak680 people
- Kashmulai679 people
- Sahapara678 people
- Nimgachhi669 people
- Jormail662 people
- Hazrabari657 people
- Gofanagar654 people
- Gangarampur635 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Guldanga?663 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Guldanga in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Guldanga?58.9% (Census 2011)