# Balarau Village, Khurja, Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Khurja, Bulandshahr 

# Balarau

Balarau is a village in Khurja sub-district of Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,408 people in 395 households**, the 52nd largest of 186 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.0%.

- 2,408people (2011)
- 395households
- 64.1%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balarau

Of every 100 households in Balarau in 2011, 11 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Balarau · ■ Khurja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**70%

Tap water ****11%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**69%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**8%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****30%**

**61%

Television ****18%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**22%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

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

**15%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Balarau?

■ Balarau · ■ Khurja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.1%**

**70.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**886

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1030**

**851

Working population ****29.3%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 46.7% for women. 46% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 146 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (4%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 265 (38%) · **■** Marginal 261 (37%)

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 Khurja

- Arniya Mansoorpur2,508 people
- Gangavali2,456 people
- Sanaita Safipur2,447 people
- Asafpur2,443 people
- Badauli2,407 people
- Jarara2,407 people
- Baragaon2,401 people
- Dharpa Choharpur2,388 people

[All 191 villages in Khurja](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bulandshahr/khurja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balarau?2,408 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balarau in?Bulandshahr district (Khurja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Balarau?64.1% (Census 2011)