# Balia Village, Purwa, Unnao (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Purwa, Unnao 

# Balia

Balia is a village in Purwa sub-district of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,464 people in 265 households**, the 86th largest of 258 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.8%.

- 1,464people (2011)
- 265households
- 70.4%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balia

Of every 100 households in Balia in 2011, 9 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Balia · ■ Purwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**9%

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

**12%

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

**88%

Tap water ****9%**

**10%

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

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**96%

Use banking services ****72%**

**68%

Television ****8%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Balia?

■ Balia · ■ Purwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**64.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**921

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****895**

**924

Working population ****41.3%**

**39.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 59.1% for women. 59% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 135 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 324 (54%) · **■** Household industry 18 (3%) · **■** Other work 40 (7%) · **■** Marginal 88 (15%)

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 Purwa

- Lachhi Khera1,488 people
- Taragarhi1,488 people
- Sahabad Grant1,475 people
- Majhkuriya1,470 people
- Chaitra1,449 people
- Majhgawan Sadqu1,441 people
- Rampur1,432 people
- Baraula1,428 people

[All 270 villages in Purwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/unnao/purwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balia?1,464 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balia in?Unnao district (Purwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Balia?70.4% (Census 2011)