# Balkaranpur Village, Soraon, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Soraon, Allahabad 

# Balkaranpur

Balkaranpur is a village in Soraon sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,448 people in 250 households**, the 190th largest of 404 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.4%.

- 1,448people (2011)
- 250households
- 74.7%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balkaranpur

Of every 100 households in Balkaranpur in 2011, 27 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Balkaranpur · ■ Soraon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**83%

Tap water ****26%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**10%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****86%**

**76%

Television ****37%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**7%

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 Balkaranpur?

■ Balkaranpur · ■ Soraon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**68.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****847**

**909

Working population ****43.2%**

**37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 60.3% for women. 52% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 18 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (1%) · **■** Household industry 131 (21%) · **■** Other work 98 (16%) · **■** Marginal 370 (59%)

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 Soraon

- Bahorikpur1,486 people
- Basdaiya1,463 people
- Pabnah1,463 people
- Tajuddinpur1,460 people
- Rampur1,446 people
- Baramau1,424 people
- Peer Dallu1,420 people
- Jamua Urf Bhawanipur1,418 people

[All 443 villages in Soraon](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/soraon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balkaranpur?1,448 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balkaranpur in?Allahabad district (Soraon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Balkaranpur?74.7% (Census 2011)