# Balidaha Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Balidaha

Balidaha is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,376 people in 319 households**, the 83rd largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 1,376people (2011)
- 319households
- 85.2%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balidaha

Of every 100 households in Balidaha in 2011, 63 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 40 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balidaha · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**48%

Tap water ****53%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****40%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****48%**

**84%

Use banking services ****86%**

**58%

Television ****54%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**18%

Own their home ****92%**

**96%

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 Balidaha?

■ Balidaha · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.2%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1088**

**962

Working population ****39.0%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.9% for men and 79.1% for women. 58% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 26 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 190 (35%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 239 (45%) · **■** Marginal 78 (15%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Belgachhia1,436 people
- Gopalpur1,432 people
- Katgara1,431 people
- Kansaripur1,400 people
- Bajitpur1,356 people
- Benathali1,352 people
- Dakshin Mogalpur1,348 people
- Jerur1,345 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balidaha?1,376 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balidaha in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balidaha?85.2% (Census 2011)