# Kalidanga Village, Basanti – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basanti, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kalidanga

Kalidanga is a village in Basanti sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,134 people in 849 households**, the 33rd largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 4,134people (2011)
- 849households
- 65.2%literacy
- 1,050females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalidanga

Of every 100 households in Kalidanga in 2011, 2 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kalidanga · ■ Basanti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**40%

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

**57%

Tap water ****36%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**95%

Use banking services ****26%**

**18%

Television ****9%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**46%

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 Kalidanga?

■ Kalidanga · ■ Basanti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.2%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1050**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1034**

**971

Working population ****45.5%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.0% for men and 61.5% for women. 61% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 169 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 186 (10%) · **■** Household industry 177 (9%) · **■** Other work 437 (23%) · **■** Marginal 911 (48%)

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 Basanti

- Gadkhali4,685 people
- Kala Hazra4,626 people
- Purba Bayar Siong4,538 people
- Sachea Khali4,372 people
- Parbattipur4,048 people
- Nafarganj3,744 people
- Radhaballavpur3,538 people
- Uttar Mokamberia3,446 people

[All 66 villages in Basanti](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/basanti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalidanga?4,134 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalidanga in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Basanti sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalidanga?65.2% (Census 2011)