# Baidan Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Baidan

Baidan is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,509 people in 326 households**, the 47th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,509people (2011)
- 326households
- 67.1%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baidan

Of every 100 households in Baidan in 2011, 26 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baidan · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****12%**

**34%

Television ****7%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Baidan?

■ Baidan · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.1%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****823**

**969

Working population ****30.9%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.9% for men and 63.2% for women. 51% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 173 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 260 (56%) · **■** Other work 14 (3%) · **■** Marginal 19 (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 Kaliaganj

- Keotan1,639 people
- Lohatara1,594 people
- Chandail1,557 people
- Chandgaon1,539 people
- Dasai1,480 people
- Mrizapur1,472 people
- Shursa1,447 people
- Jhapail1,445 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baidan?1,509 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baidan in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baidan?67.1% (Census 2011)