# Bala Pet Village, Barnagar, Barpeta (Assam) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Barnagar, Barpeta 

# Bala Pet

Bala Pet is a village in Barnagar sub-district of Barpeta district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,457 people in 317 households**, the 46th largest of 93 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,457people (2011)
- 317households
- 82.6%literacy
- 1,001females per 1,000 males

## Bala Pet PIN code and other codes

Bala Pet falls in Barnagar sub-district, Barpeta district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatFewrakawa
- Community development blockChakchaka
- Census village code282671

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Bala Pet from nearby towns?

- Barpeta (district HQ)42 km by road
- Sarbhog Tc (nearest town)12 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Bala Pet?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Bala Pet; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Manikpur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Manikpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bongaigaon
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)3 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Bala Pet known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 58% of the 218 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Bala Pet

Of every 100 households in Bala Pet in 2011, 42 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bala Pet · ■ Barnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**36%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**70%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**88%

Use banking services ****94%**

**36%

Television ****26%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**26%

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 Bala Pet?

■ Bala Pet · ■ Barnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.6%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1001**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1167**

**956

Working population ****60.8%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.5% for men and 74.6% for women. 60% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 122 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (4%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 156 (18%) · **■** Marginal 567 (64%)

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 Barnagar

- Dharma Pur1,654 people
- Hala Pakuri1,577 people
- Niz Damaka1,546 people
- Kismatdwarika1,485 people
- Khudna Bari Pathar1,437 people
- Duramari1,431 people
- Nil Chaka Bausi1,418 people
- Chal Chalia1,364 people

[All 93 villages in Barnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/barpeta/barnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bala Pet from Barpeta?42 km by road
- What is the population of Bala Pet?1,457 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bala Pet in?Barpeta district (Barnagar sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Bala Pet?82.6% (Census 2011)