# Balidhum Village, Panisagar, North Tripura (Tripura)

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Village · Panisagar, North Tripura 

# Balidhum

Balidhum is a village in Panisagar sub-district of North Tripura district, Tripura, PIN code **799254**. The 2011 Census counted **1,500 people in 327 households**, the 21st largest of 22 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 91.2%.

- 1,500people (2011)
- 327households
- 95.2%literacy
- 799254PIN code

## Balidhum PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Balidhum is 799254.** Balidhum falls in Panisagar sub-district, North Tripura district, Tripura.

- PIN code799254
- Community development blockPanisagar
- Census village code272633

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

## How far is Balidhum from nearby towns?

- Panisagar (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Kailasahar (district HQ)25 km by road
- Dharmanagar (nearest town)7 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 Balidhum?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Dewanpasha
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Dharmanagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dharmanagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)22 h summer · 22 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 Balidhum known for?

The main crops are **rice, fruits and potato**. Products made here include jute items, wooden furniture, bamboo stick, pasra, betel-nut and flower top. About 36% of the 1,738 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 Balidhum

Of every 100 households in Balidhum in 2011, 36 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balidhum · ■ Panisagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****27%**

**4%

Tap water ****1%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**18%

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

**6%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****73%**

**80%

Television ****20%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****52%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**93%

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 Balidhum?

■ Balidhum · ■ Panisagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.2%**

**91.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1029**

**959

Working population ****39.0%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.5% for men and 94.0% for women. 51% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 107 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (7%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 151 (26%) · **■** Marginal 284 (49%)

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 Panisagar

- Purba Halflong2,395 people
- Paschim Halflong2,208 people
- Pekuchhara1,852 people
- Indurail1,641 people
- Paschim Tilthai1,313 people

[All 22 villages in Panisagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/tripura/north-tripura/panisagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Balidhum?799254
- How far is Balidhum from Kailasahar?25 km by road
- What is the population of Balidhum?1,500 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balidhum in?North Tripura district (Panisagar sub-district), Tripura
- What is the literacy rate of Balidhum?95.2% (Census 2011)
