# Balta Village, Khoyrasol, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Khoyrasol, Birbhum 

# Balta

Balta is a village in Khoyrasol sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **629 people in 126 households**, the 84th largest of 130 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 629people (2011)
- 126households
- 76.2%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balta

Of every 100 households in Balta in 2011, 74 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Balta · ■ Khoyrasol rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**46%

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

**14%

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

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**19%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**51%

Use banking services ****52%**

**52%

Television ****33%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Balta?

■ Balta · ■ Khoyrasol rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****766**

**935

Working population ****36.6%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 65.5% for women. 67% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 164 (71%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (28%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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 Khoyrasol

- Aurrang656 people
- Ekuria651 people
- Meherpur651 people
- Puratan Nagrakonda635 people
- Bara Ghata620 people
- Paigara607 people
- Binodpur605 people
- Nichinta604 people

[All 170 villages in Khoyrasol](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/khoyrasol/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balta?629 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balta in?Birbhum district (Khoyrasol sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balta?76.2% (Census 2011)