# Beloa Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Beloa

Beloa is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,545 people in 354 households**, the 31st largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 1,545people (2011)
- 354households
- 79.9%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Beloa

Of every 100 households in Beloa in 2011, 58 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Beloa · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**75%

Use banking services ****53%**

**53%

Television ****24%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Beloa?

■ Beloa · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.9%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**948

Working population ****37.5%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 72.5% for women. 56% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 198 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 249 (43%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 73 (13%) · **■** Marginal 58 (10%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Kuldanga1,575 people
- Dihipara1,574 people
- Dariapur1,548 people
- Patjor1,546 people
- Mahanpur1,544 people
- Palshare1,525 people
- Chakai1,476 people
- Ban Parulia1,461 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Beloa?1,545 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Beloa in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Beloa?79.9% (Census 2011)