# Belda Village, Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Belda

Belda is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,702 people in 898 households**, the 7th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 3,702people (2011)
- 898households
- 89.0%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belda

Of every 100 households in Belda in 2011, 21 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Belda · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****79%**

**46%

Television ****7%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****30%**

**30%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.0%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****883**

**932

Working population ****53.9%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.1% for men and 83.8% for women. 61% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 331 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 459 (23%) · **■** Household industry 20 (1%) · **■** Other work 213 (11%) · **■** Marginal 973 (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 Potashpur - I

- Selmabad5,266 people
- Taladiha4,599 people
- Gopalpur4,405 people
- Amarpur4,388 people
- Naipur3,200 people
- Sahapur3,093 people
- Chistipur3,019 people
- Golara Nij3,001 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belda?3,702 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belda in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belda?89.0% (Census 2011)