# Badishta Village, Polba - Dadpur, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Polba - Dadpur, Hugli 

# Badishta

Badishta is a village in Polba - Dadpur sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **557 people in 128 households**, the 155th largest of 193 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.1%.

- 557people (2011)
- 128households
- 78.1%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Badishta

Of every 100 households in Badishta in 2011, 70 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Badishta · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**50%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**86%

Use banking services ****56%**

**56%

Television ****56%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**14%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**14%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Badishta?

■ Badishta · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**75.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****600**

**942

Working population ****35.4%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 69.3% for women. 62% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 26 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (7%) · **■** Other work 93 (47%) · **■** Marginal 65 (33%)

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 Polba - Dadpur

- Gaula594 people
- Panjipukur587 people
- Birpala583 people
- Nabagram575 people
- Rasulpur525 people
- Mogalpur524 people
- Maheshwarpur522 people
- Khatni520 people

[All 194 villages in Polba - Dadpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/polba-dadpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Badishta?557 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Badishta in?Hugli district (Polba - Dadpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Badishta?78.1% (Census 2011)