# Balachanda Village, Selsella, West Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Selsella, West Garo Hills 

# Balachanda

Balachanda is a village in Selsella sub-district of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **794104**. The 2011 Census counted **933 people in 162 households**, the 51st largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 933people (2011)
- 162households
- 83.6%literacy
- 794104PIN code

## Balachanda PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Balachanda is 794104.** Balachanda falls in Selsella sub-district, West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.

- PIN code794104
- Community development blockSelsella
- Census village code272885

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

## How far is Balachanda from nearby towns?

- Selsella (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Tura (district HQ)61 km by road
- Tura (nearest town)61 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 Balachanda?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Balachanda; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Chokchokia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Tura
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tura
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)7 h summer · 7 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.

## Homes and amenities in Balachanda

Of every 100 households in Balachanda in 2011, 69 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Balachanda · ■ Selsella rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**44%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**96%

Use banking services ****50%**

**24%

Television ****38%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**43%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Balachanda?

■ Balachanda · ■ Selsella rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.6%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1033**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1086**

**976

Working population ****45.0%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.2% for men and 82.1% for women. 47% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 161 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (6%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 80 (19%) · **■** Marginal 152 (36%)

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 Selsella

- Gasbari972 people
- Kandargaon953 people
- Askigandi944 people
- Simbukholgre940 people
- Majhipara918 people
- Shyamnagar906 people
- Noyagaon886 people
- Konarchar882 people

[All 361 villages in Selsella](https://wherepedia.org/india/meghalaya/west-garo-hills/selsella/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Balachanda?794104
- How far is Balachanda from Tura?61 km by road
- What is the population of Balachanda?933 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balachanda in?West Garo Hills district (Selsella sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Balachanda?83.6% (Census 2011)