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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Halidana

Halidana is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **888 people in 200 households**, the 89th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 888people (2011)
- 200households
- 65.3%literacy
- 1,135females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Halidana

Of every 100 households in Halidana in 2011, 20 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Halidana · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****76%**

**26%

Television ****6%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****60%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Halidana?

■ Halidana · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.3%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1135**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1184**

**954

Working population ****52.1%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.5% for men and 61.6% for women. 66% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 81 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 320 (69%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 59 (13%)

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

- Sankair945 people
- Bunail930 people
- Hosen Pur919 people
- Haribansipur900 people
- Akha Nagar887 people
- Chandhati875 people
- Nodhan873 people
- Gopal Nagar870 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Halidana?888 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Halidana in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Halidana?65.3% (Census 2011)