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

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Balabanda

Balabanda is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **893 people in 189 households**, the 96th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 893people (2011)
- 189households
- 63.3%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balabanda

Of every 100 households in Balabanda in 2011, 12 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balabanda · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****5%**

**34%

Television ****7%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**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 Balabanda?

■ Balabanda · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.3%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1018**

**969

Working population ****61.0%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.6% for men and 51.2% for women. 66% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 156 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 107 (20%) · **■** Other work 15 (3%) · **■** Marginal 267 (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 Kaliaganj

- Chak Shibananda919 people
- Udgaon914 people
- Baral907 people
- Medinipur899 people
- Dhabail890 people
- Biswanathpur877 people
- Gangua876 people
- Purba Durgapur871 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balabanda?893 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balabanda in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balabanda?63.3% (Census 2011)