# Dalua Village, Beldanga - I, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Beldanga - I, Murshidabad 

# Dalua

Dalua is a village in Beldanga - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,267 people in 976 households**, the 24th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.9%.

- 4,267people (2011)
- 976households
- 79.0%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dalua

Of every 100 households in Dalua in 2011, 37 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dalua · ■ Beldanga - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**46%

Tap water ****21%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****23%**

**21%

Television ****18%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**29%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dalua?

■ Dalua · ■ Beldanga - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.0%**

**69.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1106**

**974

Working population ****30.8%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 78.0% for women. 55% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 280 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 300 (23%) · **■** Household industry 60 (5%) · **■** Other work 474 (36%) · **■** Marginal 201 (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 Beldanga - I

- Rameswarpur6,075 people
- Jalalpur5,625 people
- Gangapur5,499 people
- Mahespur4,800 people
- Radhaballabhpur4,109 people
- Goalpara3,820 people
- Andiran3,585 people
- Chakhijli3,470 people

[All 65 villages in Beldanga - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/beldanga-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dalua?4,267 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dalua in?Murshidabad district (Beldanga - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dalua?79.0% (Census 2011)