# Balguma Village, Onda, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Onda, Bankura 

# Balguma

Balguma is a village in Onda sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,504 people in 296 households**, the 44th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.8%.

- 1,504people (2011)
- 296households
- 63.1%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balguma

Of every 100 households in Balguma in 2011, 20 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balguma · ■ Onda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**39%

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

**12%

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

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**19%

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

**2%

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

**70%

Use banking services ****10%**

**58%

Television ****5%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**20%

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 Balguma?

■ Balguma · ■ Onda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**65.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****754**

**937

Working population ****48.4%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.0% for men and 54.1% for women. 59% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 164 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 223 (31%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 47 (6%) · **■** Marginal 292 (40%)

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 Onda

- Gopalpur1,538 people
- Sheora Ghati1,530 people
- Mauchura1,529 people
- Sonatapal1,524 people
- Rasiara1,500 people
- Beliara1,473 people
- Churamanipur1,471 people
- Bikrampur1,464 people

[All 291 villages in Onda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/onda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balguma?1,504 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balguma in?Bankura district (Onda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balguma?63.1% (Census 2011)