# Basilardanga Village, Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Basilardanga

Basilardanga is a village in Maynaguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,248 people in 946 households**, the 24th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 4,248people (2011)
- 946households
- 70.7%literacy
- 876females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basilardanga

Of every 100 households in Basilardanga in 2011, 10 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Basilardanga · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**68%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****20%**

**22%

Television ****14%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****37%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Basilardanga?

■ Basilardanga · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****876**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****801**

**940

Working population ****35.2%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.8% for men and 62.7% for women. 51% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 371 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 348 (23%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 400 (27%) · **■** Marginal 373 (25%)

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 Maynaguri

- Tekatali4,507 people
- Paschim Harmati4,344 people
- Charchura Bhandar4,311 people
- Bhatpatti4,250 people
- Chura Bhandar4,064 people
- Dwarikamari4,018 people
- Bara Kamet4,009 people
- Purbba Baragila3,937 people

[All 85 villages in Maynaguri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/maynaguri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basilardanga?4,248 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basilardanga in?Jalpaiguri district (Maynaguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basilardanga?70.7% (Census 2011)