# Babla Village, Dantan - II, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-ii/babla/

Village · Dantan - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Babla

Babla is a village in Dantan - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,360 people in 302 households**, the 40th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.5%.

- 1,360people (2011)
- 302households
- 83.1%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Babla

Of every 100 households in Babla in 2011, 93 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Babla · ■ Dantan - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**17%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**31%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****94%**

**60%

Television ****18%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**14%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Babla?

■ Babla · ■ Dantan - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.1%**

**82.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****943**

**953

Working population ****37.1%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 77.2% for women. 59% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 250 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 167 (33%) · **■** Other work 64 (13%) · **■** Marginal 24 (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 Dantan - II

- Nandakurya1,492 people
- Santoshpur1,429 people
- Rela1,376 people
- Belda1,363 people
- Narayan Chak1,273 people
- Amarda1,262 people
- Jalgoda1,244 people
- Kasnmali1,244 people

[All 128 villages in Dantan - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Babla?1,360 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Babla in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Babla?83.1% (Census 2011)