# Balidaghata Village, Canning - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Canning - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Balidaghata

Balidaghata is a village in Canning - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,183 people in 199 households**, the 46th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 1,183people (2011)
- 199households
- 70.5%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balidaghata

Of every 100 households in Balidaghata in 2011, 37 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balidaghata · ■ Canning - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**41%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**6%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****55%**

**92%

Use banking services ****6%**

**12%

Television ****1%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****59%**

**47%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Balidaghata?

■ Balidaghata · ■ Canning - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**66.8%

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

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**961

Working population ****18.7%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 64.5% for women. 34% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 81 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 127 (57%) · **■** Other work 4 (2%) · **■** Marginal 9 (4%)

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 Canning - II

- Hatiamari1,367 people
- Gutri1,355 people
- Madan Khali1,346 people
- Khagra1,316 people
- Khun Khali1,126 people
- Chung Hata1,050 people
- Bhabananda1,034 people
- Chelikati974 people

[All 61 villages in Canning - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balidaghata?1,183 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balidaghata in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balidaghata?70.5% (Census 2011)