# Bala Village, Handia, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Handia, Allahabad 

# Bala

Bala is a village in Handia sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,659 people in 245 households**, the 203rd largest of 609 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 1,659people (2011)
- 245households
- 64.9%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bala

Of every 100 households in Bala in 2011, 6 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Bala · ■ Handia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**85%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****59%**

**73%

Television ****17%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**3%

None of these assets ****11%**

**8%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Bala?

■ Bala · ■ Handia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.9%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**889

Working population ****36.2%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 48.0% for women. 45% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 100 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 131 (22%) · **■** Household industry 26 (4%) · **■** Other work 150 (25%) · **■** Marginal 194 (32%)

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 Handia

- Pyagipur1,692 people
- Keshaw Rampur1,687 people
- Bizhawaniya1,675 people
- Sarayn Kasturia1,671 people
- Ishwarpur1,654 people
- Sawaran1,654 people
- Tikari1,652 people
- Bariyari1,641 people

[All 625 villages in Handia](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/handia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bala?1,659 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bala in?Allahabad district (Handia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bala?64.9% (Census 2011)