# Balma Village, Tehri, Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand) – Population

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Village · Tehri, Tehri Garhwal 

# Balma

Balma is a village in Tehri sub-district of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **244 people in 58 households**, the 141st largest of 329 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.7%.

- 244people (2011)
- 58households
- 76.9%literacy
- 1,259females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balma

Of every 100 households in Balma in 2011, 98 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 75 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Balma · ■ Tehri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**42%

Tap water ****27%**

**82%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****75%**

**46%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****25%**

**53%

Use banking services ****97%**

**94%

Television ****80%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**92%

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 Balma?

■ Balma · ■ Tehri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.9%**

**77.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1259**

**1129

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****455**

**879

Working population ****74.6%**

**47.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.3% for men and 64.3% for women. 68% of men and 80% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 29 (16%) · **■** Other work 44 (24%) · **■** Marginal 109 (60%)

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 Tehri

- Bangoli250 people
- Ratnau Talla250 people
- Tiwar Gaon250 people
- Weer245 people
- Kaindkari243 people
- Ujar Gaon242 people
- Bhattkoti240 people
- Jugar Gaon240 people

[All 357 villages in Tehri](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/tehri-garhwal/tehri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balma?244 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balma in?Tehri Garhwal district (Tehri sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Balma?76.9% (Census 2011)