# Balupara Village, Tikrikilla, West Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Tikrikilla, West Garo Hills 

# Balupara

Balupara is a village in Tikrikilla sub-district of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **794109**. The 2011 Census counted **139 people in 27 households**, the 152nd largest of 172 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 139people (2011)
- 27households
- 76.0%literacy
- 794109PIN code

## Balupara PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Balupara is 794109.** Balupara falls in Tikrikilla sub-district, West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.

- PIN code794109
- Community development blockTikrikilla
- Census village code273301

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

## How far is Balupara from nearby towns?

- Tikrikilla (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Tura (district HQ)63 km by road
- Tura (nearest town)119 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 Balupara?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Balupara; 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
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Tikrikilla
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Tikirilla
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tura
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 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 watercovered wells, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 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 Balupara

Of every 100 households in Balupara in 2011, 58 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 12 a car.

■ Balupara · ■ Tikrikilla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**35%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**95%

Use banking services ****65%**

**30%

Television ****46%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****12%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**25%

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 Balupara?

■ Balupara · ■ Tikrikilla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1075**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**977

Working population ****48.9%**

**45.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 73.1% for women. 46% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 48 (71%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (3%) · **■** Other work 10 (15%) · **■** Marginal 8 (12%)

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 Tikrikilla

- Abhirampara146 people
- Bolchu Adinggre141 people
- Kongkira141 people
- Ajirigre139 people
- Jelbonggre136 people
- New Kalapara134 people
- Khasiapara133 people
- Lower Joiranggre132 people

[All 201 villages in Tikrikilla](https://wherepedia.org/india/meghalaya/west-garo-hills/tikrikilla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Balupara?794109
- How far is Balupara from Tura?63 km by road
- What is the population of Balupara?139 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balupara in?West Garo Hills district (Tikrikilla sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Balupara?76.0% (Census 2011)