# Balsunda Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Balsunda

Balsunda is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,840 people in 675 households**, the 8th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 2,840people (2011)
- 675households
- 78.1%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balsunda

Of every 100 households in Balsunda in 2011, 63 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balsunda · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**82%

Tap water ****43%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****46%**

**85%

Use banking services ****51%**

**57%

Television ****34%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**33%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Balsunda?

■ Balsunda · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1078**

**961

Working population ****42.3%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 71.0% for women. 59% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 78 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 250 (21%) · **■** Household industry 359 (30%) · **■** Other work 257 (21%) · **■** Marginal 257 (21%)

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

- Uttar Sija3,181 people
- Rangaipur2,965 people
- Rasaipur2,861 people
- Kuchighata2,848 people
- Kagas2,635 people
- Nanubazar2,554 people
- Bhagabatipur2,512 people
- Deoash2,493 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balsunda?2,840 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balsunda in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balsunda?78.1% (Census 2011)