# Gadai Balbar Village, Nandigram - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Gadai Balbar

Gadai Balbar is a village in Nandigram - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,327 people in 685 households**, the 18th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.8%.

- 3,327people (2011)
- 685households
- 82.3%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gadai Balbar

Of every 100 households in Gadai Balbar in 2011, 60 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gadai Balbar · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**11%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****28%**

**31%

Television ****18%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Gadai Balbar?

■ Gadai Balbar · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.3%**

**84.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****996**

**922

Working population ****30.0%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 78.7% for women. 50% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 22 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (7%) · **■** Household industry 95 (10%) · **■** Other work 324 (32%) · **■** Marginal 489 (49%)

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 Nandigram - I

- Dinabandhupur3,999 people
- Kanchan Nagar3,919 people
- Simul Kundu3,661 people
- Bhekutya3,352 people
- Debipur3,298 people
- Gopimohanpur3,272 people
- Kandapa Shara2,971 people
- Usman Chak2,918 people

[All 98 villages in Nandigram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gadai Balbar?3,327 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gadai Balbar in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gadai Balbar?82.3% (Census 2011)