# Baliyagora Village, Potka, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Potka, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Baliyagora

Baliyagora is a village in Potka sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **166 people in 28 households**, the 250th largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 166people (2011)
- 28households
- 47.4%literacy
- 865females per 1,000 males

## Baliyagora PIN code and other codes

Baliyagora falls in Potka sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatGawalkay
- Community development blockPotka
- Census village code363619

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

## How far is Baliyagora from nearby towns?

- Jamshedpur (district HQ)55 km by road
- Jugsalai (nearest town)54 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 Baliyagora?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Baliyagora; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Khutadi
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Ghatshila
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ghatshila
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertube wells / boreholes

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 Baliyagora known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 8% of the 279 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 Baliyagora

Of every 100 households in Baliyagora in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baliyagora · ■ Potka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**9%

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

**3%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****32%**

**34%

Television ****7%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**16%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Baliyagora?

■ Baliyagora · ■ Potka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.4%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****865**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**949

Working population ****57.2%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.7% for men and 25.8% for women. 51% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 3 (3%) · **■** Marginal 92 (97%)

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 Potka

- Roteda169 people
- Marangmali168 people
- Rangamatiya168 people
- Sarjamdi168 people
- Ganak Pada165 people
- Gitildi163 people
- Danisai Alias Bara Pahari149 people
- Chhota Ramgarh147 people

[All 291 villages in Potka](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/purbi-singhbhum/potka/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Baliyagora from Jamshedpur?55 km by road
- What is the population of Baliyagora?166 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baliyagora in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Potka sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Baliyagora?47.4% (Census 2011)