# Baluwa Village, Sakaldiha, Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sakaldiha, Chandauli 

# Baluwa

Baluwa is a village in Sakaldiha sub-district of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,617 people in 231 households**, the 164th largest of 456 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 1,617people (2011)
- 231households
- 74.9%literacy
- 840females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baluwa

Of every 100 households in Baluwa in 2011, 57 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Baluwa · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**80%

Tap water ****44%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**93%

Use banking services ****85%**

**77%

Television ****48%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**9%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Baluwa?

■ Baluwa · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.9%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****840**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**911

Working population ****29.1%**

**33.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.6% for men and 61.7% for women. 44% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (20%) · **■** Household industry 45 (10%) · **■** Other work 210 (45%) · **■** Marginal 110 (23%)

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 Sakaldiha

- Nasirpur Pattan1,662 people
- Jigana1,660 people
- Matiyara1,657 people
- Janauli1,620 people
- Nasirpur1,602 people
- Majhilepur1,592 people
- Raipura1,575 people
- Gajendrpur1,571 people

[All 493 villages in Sakaldiha](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/chandauli/sakaldiha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baluwa?1,617 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baluwa in?Chandauli district (Sakaldiha sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Baluwa?74.9% (Census 2011)