# Balua Buzurg Village, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur 

# Balua Buzurg

Balua Buzurg is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,807 people in 259 households**, the 62nd largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 1,807people (2011)
- 259households
- 85.6%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balua Buzurg

Of every 100 households in Balua Buzurg in 2011, 80 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 73 cooked with LPG; 93 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Balua Buzurg · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**76%

Tap water ****2%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****73%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****22%**

**88%

Use banking services ****82%**

**81%

Television ****68%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****93%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**10%

Own their home ****69%**

**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 Balua Buzurg?

■ Balua Buzurg · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.6%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****865**

**903

Working population ****24.7%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.7% for men and 79.4% for women. 44% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 42 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (8%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 330 (74%) · **■** Marginal 36 (8%)

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 Bansgaon

- Atrauli1,857 people
- Bhaisa Rani1,855 people
- Kanayeecha1,835 people
- Rajgarh1,825 people
- Mishrauli1,791 people
- Sahdodad1,739 people
- Chawaria Khurd1,738 people
- Bhaluan1,737 people

[All 548 villages in Bansgaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/bansgaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balua Buzurg?1,807 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balua Buzurg in?Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Balua Buzurg?85.6% (Census 2011)