# Bordangi Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/bordangi/

Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Bordangi

Bordangi is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,222 people in 520 households**, the 45th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 2,222people (2011)
- 520households
- 88.3%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bordangi

Of every 100 households in Bordangi in 2011, 83 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bordangi · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**61%

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

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**19%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**90%

Use banking services ****62%**

**44%

Television ****46%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bordangi?

■ Bordangi · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.3%**

**84.5%

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

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****905**

**942

Working population ****36.5%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.2% for men and 84.0% for women. 58% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (9%) · **■** Household industry 24 (3%) · **■** Other work 453 (56%) · **■** Marginal 190 (23%)

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 Kolaghat

- Dakshin Jinanda2,371 people
- Kantabani Shasan2,310 people
- Bardabar2,296 people
- Bagicha Kumar Chak2,292 people
- Kashigori2,186 people
- Jashar2,032 people
- Durbachati1,968 people
- Kanai Chak1,964 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bordangi?2,222 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bordangi in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bordangi?88.3% (Census 2011)