# Balutia Village, Ketugram - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Ketugram - II, Barddhaman 

# Balutia

Balutia is a village in Ketugram - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,290 people in 557 households**, the 19th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.0%.

- 2,290people (2011)
- 557households
- 75.0%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balutia

Of every 100 households in Balutia in 2011, 56 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balutia · ■ Ketugram - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**37%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**62%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**92%

Use banking services ****82%**

**57%

Television ****39%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**37%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Balutia?

■ Balutia · ■ Ketugram - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**66.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****922**

**954

Working population ****42.8%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 68.5% for women. 66% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 341 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 198 (20%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 286 (29%) · **■** Marginal 150 (15%)

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 Ketugram - II

- Pachandi2,975 people
- Naihati2,812 people
- Shiblun2,589 people
- Gomai2,394 people
- Purulia2,259 people
- Gurpara2,144 people
- Ambalgram2,119 people
- Dakshindihi2,046 people

[All 56 villages in Ketugram - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/ketugram-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balutia?2,290 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balutia in?Barddhaman district (Ketugram - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balutia?75.0% (Census 2011)