# Balidanga Village, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Balidanga

Balidanga is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,278 people in 531 households**, the 36th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 2,278people (2011)
- 531households
- 84.8%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balidanga

Of every 100 households in Balidanga in 2011, 78 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balidanga · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**49%

Tap water ****26%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****41%**

**37%

Television ****20%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Balidanga?

■ Balidanga · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.8%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****828**

**959

Working population ****34.3%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.6% for men and 77.4% for women. 62% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 383 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 161 (21%) · **■** Household industry 24 (3%) · **■** Other work 164 (21%) · **■** Marginal 50 (6%)

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 Ghatal

- Saoyai2,320 people
- Khasbar2,298 people
- Mohanpur2,296 people
- Shibpur2,289 people
- Jalshara2,183 people
- Srimantapur2,173 people
- Natukjaykrishnapur2,011 people
- Mandaria2,010 people

[All 145 villages in Ghatal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/ghatal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balidanga?2,278 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balidanga in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balidanga?84.8% (Census 2011)