# Balidanga Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Balidanga

Balidanga is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,731 people in 403 households**, the 53rd largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 1,731people (2011)
- 403households
- 73.0%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balidanga

Of every 100 households in Balidanga in 2011, 52 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balidanga · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**48%

Tap water ****44%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**84%

Use banking services ****95%**

**58%

Television ****36%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****30%**

**18%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Balidanga?

■ Balidanga · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.0%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1368**

**962

Working population ****50.0%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 67.4% for women. 67% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 103 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 460 (53%) · **■** Household industry 97 (11%) · **■** Other work 147 (17%) · **■** Marginal 59 (7%)

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

- Uttar Abhirampur1,779 people
- Durga Prasad1,755 people
- Radha Nagar1,746 people
- Pora Bazar1,740 people
- Muidipur1,731 people
- Kharu1,724 people
- Dedhara1,706 people
- Hazipur1,702 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balidanga?1,731 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balidanga in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balidanga?73.0% (Census 2011)