# Baulkandi Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Baulkandi

Baulkandi is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **192 people in 43 households**, the 158th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 192people (2011)
- 43households
- 93.8%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baulkandi

Of every 100 households in Baulkandi in 2011, 75 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 90 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baulkandi · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**59%

Tap water ****32%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****72%**

**62%

Television ****65%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****90%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****28%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Baulkandi?

■ Baulkandi · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.8%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**963

Working population ****27.6%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.8% for men and 89.5% for women. 52% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 46 (87%) · **■** Household industry 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 4 (8%) · **■** Marginal 2 (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 Dantan - I

- Beli226 people
- Jamjhatia217 people
- Jamuyapati210 people
- Chak Jayram205 people
- Karanji155 people
- Palasia155 people
- Deoli154 people
- Chak Jal Palnia152 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baulkandi?192 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baulkandi in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baulkandi?93.8% (Census 2011)