# Belda Village, Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur 

# Belda

Belda is a village in Jamboni sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,003 people in 237 households**, the 23rd largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.6%.

- 1,003people (2011)
- 237households
- 84.8%literacy
- 840females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belda

Of every 100 households in Belda in 2011, 38 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Belda · ■ Jamboni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**26%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****27%**

**25%

Television ****22%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**23%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Belda?

■ Belda · ■ Jamboni rural average

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

**72.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****840**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****828**

**960

Working population ****49.4%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.2% for men and 76.1% for women. 64% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 65 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 80 (16%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 82 (17%) · **■** Marginal 266 (54%)

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 Jamboni

- Tentulia1,114 people
- Charchaka1,108 people
- Chiya Para1,039 people
- Uttar Barashol1,018 people
- Dhengbahara942 people
- Gadrasol941 people
- Guiyara928 people
- Tulibar902 people

[All 338 villages in Jamboni](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jamboni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belda?1,003 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belda in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jamboni sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belda?84.8% (Census 2011)