# Balia Chandi Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Balia Chandi

Balia Chandi is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **456 people in 94 households**, the 150th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 456people (2011)
- 94households
- 77.1%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balia Chandi

Of every 100 households in Balia Chandi in 2011, 30 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balia Chandi · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**85%

Use banking services ****86%**

**57%

Television ****16%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Balia Chandi?

■ Balia Chandi · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.1%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****688**

**961

Working population ****34.9%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 72.2% for women. 62% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 48 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (14%) · **■** Household industry 4 (3%) · **■** Other work 83 (52%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 Sainthia

- Jinaipur467 people
- Gadadharpur466 people
- Kala466 people
- Udha459 people
- Suraipur438 people
- Daikota434 people
- Bhabaipur424 people
- Nimgaria398 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balia Chandi?456 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balia Chandi in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balia Chandi?77.1% (Census 2011)