# Belia Village, Rampurhat - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Rampurhat - I, Birbhum 

# Belia

Belia is a village in Rampurhat - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,054 people in 261 households**, the 58th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 1,054people (2011)
- 261households
- 76.8%literacy
- 856females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belia

Of every 100 households in Belia in 2011, 47 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Belia · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**80%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**87%

Use banking services ****18%**

**43%

Television ****28%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**35%

Own their home ****98%**

**92%

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 Belia?

■ Belia · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.8%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****856**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**945

Working population ****41.7%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 66.0% for women. 61% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 24 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 150 (34%) · **■** Household industry 60 (14%) · **■** Other work 54 (12%) · **■** Marginal 151 (34%)

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 Rampurhat - I

- Jendur1,168 people
- Gopalpur1,110 people
- Saonsa1,078 people
- Chhota Kutubpur1,062 people
- Sakirpur994 people
- Siura975 people
- Kabilpur960 people
- Sundipur952 people

[All 119 villages in Rampurhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rampurhat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belia?1,054 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belia in?Birbhum district (Rampurhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belia?76.8% (Census 2011)