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

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Village · Sarenga, Bankura 

# Balguma

Balguma is a village in Sarenga sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **196 people in 44 households**, the 121st largest of 153 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.3%.

- 196people (2011)
- 44households
- 70.5%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balguma

Of every 100 households in Balguma in 2011, 40 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balguma · ■ Sarenga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**48%

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

**13%

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

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**23%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****42%**

**53%

Television ****2%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 · ■ Sarenga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**74.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****769**

**938

Working population ****36.2%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 57.1% for women. 53% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 69 (97%)

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 Sarenga

- Dakharang215 people
- Ampata201 people
- Phulberia198 people
- Jhatipahari197 people
- Jhulisol192 people
- Bhalukkhunya183 people
- Benachapra182 people
- Nekrapahari182 people

[All 166 villages in Sarenga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sarenga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balguma?196 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balguma in?Bankura district (Sarenga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balguma?70.5% (Census 2011)