# Balapur Village, Bhinga, Shrawasti (Uttar Pradesh) (2)

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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 **974 people in 175 households**, the 231st largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 42.8%.

- 974people (2011)
- 175households
- 58.2%literacy
- 834females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balapur

Of every 100 households in Balapur in 2011, 14 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Balapur · ■ Bhinga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**87%

Tap water ****93%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****88%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**98%

Use banking services ****93%**

**68%

Television ****17%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**15%

Own their home ****93%**

**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+) ****58.2%**

**42.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****834**

**877

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****874**

**935

Working population ****40.7%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.4% for men and 50.6% for women. 50% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 50 (13%) · **■** Household industry 31 (8%) · **■** Other work 21 (5%) · **■** Marginal 264 (67%)

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

- Srinager1,027 people
- Ali Nagar Dharan Nagar989 people
- Gopala Saraya988 people
- Damodra985 people
- Luxmanpur Mazgawan965 people
- Dondi Purwa928 people
- Puredari922 people
- Sivajot903 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balapur?974 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balapur in?Shrawasti district (Bhinga sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Balapur?58.2% (Census 2011)