# Paltadanga Village, Barasat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Paltadanga

Paltadanga is a village in Barasat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,714 people in 511 households**, the 30th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.1%.

- 2,714people (2011)
- 511households
- 80.4%literacy
- 805females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paltadanga

Of every 100 households in Paltadanga in 2011, 49 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Paltadanga · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**16%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**51%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**91%

Use banking services ****22%**

**40%

Television ****10%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**9%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****26%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Paltadanga?

■ Paltadanga · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.4%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****805**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****899**

**952

Working population ****29.1%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.9% for men and 77.1% for women. 48% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 189 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 273 (35%) · **■** Household industry 24 (3%) · **■** Other work 262 (33%) · **■** Marginal 43 (5%)

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 Barasat - II

- Tehatta2,833 people
- Bhagyamantapur2,811 people
- Pakdaha2,805 people
- Bonkanda2,753 people
- Kismatsonatikri2,663 people
- Majlishpur2,614 people
- Chowlpur2,404 people
- Simulia2,394 people

[All 77 villages in Barasat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paltadanga?2,714 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paltadanga in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paltadanga?80.4% (Census 2011)