# Belsanda Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Belsanda

Belsanda is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,663 people in 368 households**, the 63rd largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 1,663people (2011)
- 368households
- 68.0%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belsanda

Of every 100 households in Belsanda in 2011, 35 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Belsanda · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**18%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****18%**

**20%

Television ****15%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****28%**

**39%

Own their home ****95%**

**95%

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 Belsanda?

■ Belsanda · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.0%**

**65.3%

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

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1059**

**954

Working population ****38.7%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.5% for men and 64.2% for women. 61% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 199 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 178 (28%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 34 (5%) · **■** Marginal 219 (34%)

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 Sagardighi

- Fulbari1,711 people
- Jindighi1,707 people
- Kismat Nispibiral1,698 people
- Pilki1,690 people
- Athua1,654 people
- Barala1,565 people
- Jogpur1,545 people
- Dhalsa1,544 people

[All 197 villages in Sagardighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belsanda?1,663 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belsanda in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belsanda?68.0% (Census 2011)