# Balikhun Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Balikhun

Balikhun is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **506 people in 99 households**, the 113th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 506people (2011)
- 99households
- 53.0%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balikhun

Of every 100 households in Balikhun in 2011, 17 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balikhun · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**67%

Use banking services ****11%**

**43%

Television ****6%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**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 Balikhun?

■ Balikhun · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.0%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1061**

**908

Working population ****55.7%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.5% for men and 39.2% for women. 59% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 43 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 154 (55%) · **■** Other work 8 (3%) · **■** Marginal 77 (27%)

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

- Kalipur518 people
- Bayer Mara516 people
- Arbat514 people
- Kot Madan Mohanpur512 people
- Damra504 people
- Shimlagar502 people
- Arjunpur476 people
- Sudarshanpur468 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balikhun?506 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balikhun in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balikhun?53.0% (Census 2011)