# Balsi Purbapara Village, Patrasayer, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Patrasayer, Bankura 

# Balsi Purbapara

Balsi Purbapara is a village in Patrasayer sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,516 people in 368 households**, the 37th largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 1,516people (2011)
- 368households
- 73.6%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balsi Purbapara

Of every 100 households in Balsi Purbapara in 2011, 58 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Balsi Purbapara · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**78%

Tap water ****45%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**81%

Use banking services ****61%**

**44%

Television ****24%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**19%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Balsi Purbapara?

■ Balsi Purbapara · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1279**

**946

Working population ****42.5%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 65.4% for women. 63% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 167 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (8%) · **■** Household industry 22 (3%) · **■** Other work 113 (18%) · **■** Marginal 292 (45%)

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 Patrasayer

- Salkhara1,630 people
- Mancha1,605 people
- Talsagara1,577 people
- Naricha1,531 people
- Keshabpur1,468 people
- Bhutura1,463 people
- Katora1,457 people
- Deulpara1,445 people

[All 160 villages in Patrasayer](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/patrasayer/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balsi Purbapara?1,516 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balsi Purbapara in?Bankura district (Patrasayer sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balsi Purbapara?73.6% (Census 2011)