# Balapur Village, Bhinga, Shrawasti (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bhinga, Shrawasti 

# Balapur

Balapur is a village in Bhinga sub-district of Shrawasti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,718 people in 311 households**, the 164th largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 42.8%.

- 1,718people (2011)
- 311households
- 50.0%literacy
- 884females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balapur

Of every 100 households in Balapur in 2011, 5 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balapur · ■ Bhinga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**87%

Tap water ****19%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****96%**

**68%

Television ****8%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Balapur?

■ Balapur · ■ Bhinga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.0%**

**42.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****884**

**877

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****813**

**935

Working population ****37.0%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.8% for men and 34.7% for women. 54% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 267 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 133 (21%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 68 (11%) · **■** Marginal 160 (25%)

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 Bhinga

- Asanharia1,763 people
- Satrahi1,760 people
- Rehli Vishunpur1,757 people
- Domai1,723 people
- Jurpaniya1,690 people
- Piprahawa1,688 people
- Belhari1,686 people
- Sarka Barwa1,644 people

[All 310 villages in Bhinga](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shrawasti/bhinga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balapur?1,718 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balapur in?Shrawasti district (Bhinga sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Balapur?50.0% (Census 2011)