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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Shaldanga

Shaldanga is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **485 people in 122 households**, the 172nd largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 39.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 485people (2011)
- 122households
- 39.1%literacy
- 873females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shaldanga

Of every 100 households in Shaldanga in 2011, 14 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shaldanga · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**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 ****18%**

**26%

Television ****6%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****71%**

**33%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Shaldanga?

■ Shaldanga · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****39.1%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****774**

**954

Working population ****52.6%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 40.8% for men and 37.1% for women. 57% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 17 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 154 (60%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 77 (30%)

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

- Aihara497 people
- Chak Madhusudan497 people
- Bharila495 people
- Chak Satihar488 people
- Sondhapukur483 people
- Dudhiakuri481 people
- Mahukuri479 people
- Mehur469 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shaldanga?485 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shaldanga in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shaldanga?39.1% (Census 2011)