# Balapur Village, Karchhana, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Karchhana, Allahabad 

# Balapur

Balapur is a village in Karchhana sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,676 people in 799 households**, the 20th largest of 303 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.9%.

- 4,676people (2011)
- 799households
- 70.3%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balapur

Of every 100 households in Balapur in 2011, 70 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balapur · ■ Karchhana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**79%

Tap water ****36%**

**17%

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

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**86%

Use banking services ****65%**

**69%

Television ****41%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**7%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Balapur?

■ Balapur · ■ Karchhana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.3%**

**68.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**909

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1054**

**926

Working population ****28.1%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 57.5% for women. 44% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 107 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (3%) · **■** Household industry 50 (4%) · **■** Other work 656 (50%) · **■** Marginal 465 (35%)

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 Karchhana

- Chaka4,940 people
- Naogawa4,940 people
- Kulmai4,868 people
- Dewara4,836 people
- Arai4,648 people
- Mohabatganj Uparhar4,511 people
- Bendo4,490 people
- Basahi4,475 people

[All 333 villages in Karchhana](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/karchhana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balapur?4,676 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balapur in?Allahabad district (Karchhana sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Balapur?70.3% (Census 2011)