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

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bochadanga

Bochadanga is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,406 people in 311 households**, the 53rd largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,406people (2011)
- 311households
- 62.9%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bochadanga

Of every 100 households in Bochadanga in 2011, 30 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Bochadanga · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**46%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**96%

Use banking services ****16%**

**34%

Television ****8%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**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 Bochadanga?

■ Bochadanga · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.9%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1073**

**969

Working population ****43.2%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.1% for men and 51.1% for women. 60% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 194 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 120 (20%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 57 (9%) · **■** Marginal 235 (39%)

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

- Mrizapur1,472 people
- Shursa1,447 people
- Jhapail1,445 people
- Madhya Durgapur1,437 people
- Chak Dilal1,399 people
- Baikunthapur1,372 people
- Kaludanga1,367 people
- Natuadangi1,365 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bochadanga?1,406 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bochadanga in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bochadanga?62.9% (Census 2011)