# Beladanda Village, Chandrakona - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandrakona - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Beladanda

Beladanda is a village in Chandrakona - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,257 people in 283 households**, the 35th largest of 126 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.9%.

- 1,257people (2011)
- 283households
- 80.4%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Beladanda

Of every 100 households in Beladanda in 2011, 60 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Beladanda · ■ Chandrakona - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**53%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**66%

Tap water ****85%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****44%**

**32%

Television ****33%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Beladanda?

■ Beladanda · ■ Chandrakona - I rural average

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

**78.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**950

Working population ****42.0%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 75.1% for women. 62% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 77 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 173 (33%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 75 (14%) · **■** Marginal 194 (37%)

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 Chandrakona - I

- Bagchhari1,346 people
- Maheshpur1,331 people
- Sitarampur1,317 people
- Banka Sultanpur1,290 people
- Nichna1,257 people
- Hematpur1,241 people
- Indra1,231 people
- Rejna1,169 people

[All 132 villages in Chandrakona - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/chandrakona-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Beladanda?1,257 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Beladanda in?Paschim Medinipur district (Chandrakona - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Beladanda?80.4% (Census 2011)