# Erardanga Village, Kaliganj, Nadia (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kaliganj, Nadia 

# Erardanga

Erardanga is a village in Kaliganj sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,001 people in 972 households**, the 21st largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 4,001people (2011)
- 972households
- 62.1%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Erardanga

Of every 100 households in Erardanga in 2011, 20 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Erardanga · ■ Kaliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**52%

Tap water ****4%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**61%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****47%**

**26%

Television ****8%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**37%

Own their home ****90%**

**94%

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 Erardanga?

■ Erardanga · ■ Kaliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.1%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1046**

**967

Working population ****33.0%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.2% for men and 59.9% for women. 55% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 378 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 531 (40%) · **■** Household industry 59 (4%) · **■** Other work 147 (11%) · **■** Marginal 204 (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 Kaliganj

- Bara Atagi4,571 people
- Bashar Khola4,419 people
- Gobra4,221 people
- Kamari4,050 people
- Chhota Kulberia3,964 people
- Hatgachha3,818 people
- Panchkhela3,816 people
- Dingel3,761 people

[All 125 villages in Kaliganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/kaliganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Erardanga?4,001 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Erardanga in?Nadia district (Kaliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Erardanga?62.1% (Census 2011)