# Balijora Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Balijora

Balijora is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **860 people in 208 households**, the 70th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 860people (2011)
- 208households
- 58.0%literacy
- 870females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balijora

Of every 100 households in Balijora in 2011, 17 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balijora · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**86%

Tap water ****48%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**8%

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

**3%

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

**67%

Use banking services ****11%**

**43%

Television ****2%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****57%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Balijora?

■ Balijora · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.0%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****870**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****593**

**908

Working population ****37.1%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.7% for men and 43.3% for women. 50% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 84 (26%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 228 (71%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Chaitanyapur902 people
- Madanpur896 people
- Salbedya894 people
- Bhaluka Pahari888 people
- Dhabani856 people
- Rajarampur850 people
- Jambedya843 people
- Nadihi840 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balijora?860 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balijora in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balijora?58.0% (Census 2011)