# Paitkaldanga Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Paitkaldanga

Paitkaldanga is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,364 people in 567 households**, the 39th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 2,364people (2011)
- 567households
- 73.4%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paitkaldanga

Of every 100 households in Paitkaldanga in 2011, 55 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paitkaldanga · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****29%**

**20%

Television ****20%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**0%

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

**39%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Paitkaldanga?

■ Paitkaldanga · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****958**

**954

Working population ****31.2%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.4% for men and 72.3% for women. 53% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 183 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 347 (47%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 170 (23%) · **■** Marginal 33 (4%)

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

- Bhurkunda2,539 people
- Ekrakhi2,516 people
- Chandanbati2,510 people
- Gobardhandanga2,375 people
- Naopara2,358 people
- Bahal Nagar2,293 people
- Jadabpur2,289 people
- Chandigram Raghunathpur2,218 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paitkaldanga?2,364 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paitkaldanga in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paitkaldanga?73.4% (Census 2011)