# Balidanga Village, Chanchal - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - I, Maldah 

# Balidanga

Balidanga is a village in Chanchal - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,105 people in 260 households**, the 64th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 1,105people (2011)
- 260households
- 74.9%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balidanga

Of every 100 households in Balidanga in 2011, 36 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balidanga · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**91%

Use banking services ****20%**

**42%

Television ****18%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**34%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Balidanga?

■ Balidanga · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.9%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**944

Working population ****48.2%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.2% for men and 72.6% for women. 64% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 104 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (25%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 41 (8%) · **■** Marginal 252 (47%)

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 Chanchal - I

- Jot Chandi1,169 people
- Basilhat1,147 people
- Srikrishnapur1,147 people
- Ramdebpur1,136 people
- Khurial1,084 people
- Bibijhuti1,053 people
- Khosalpur1,007 people
- Jagannathpur1,005 people

[All 100 villages in Chanchal - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balidanga?1,105 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balidanga in?Maldah district (Chanchal - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balidanga?74.9% (Census 2011)