# Balihara Village, Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Balihara

Balihara is a village in Harirampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,862 people in 445 households**, the 18th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 1,862people (2011)
- 445households
- 70.3%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balihara

Of every 100 households in Balihara in 2011, 72 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balihara · ■ Harirampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**78%

Tap water ****4%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**16%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****38%**

**24%

Television ****16%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**32%

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 Balihara?

■ Balihara · ■ Harirampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.3%**

**64.0%

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

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1016**

**973

Working population ****38.0%**

**40.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 67.5% for women. 54% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 130 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 229 (32%) · **■** Household industry 72 (10%) · **■** Other work 237 (33%) · **■** Marginal 40 (6%)

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 Harirampur

- Bagbari1,927 people
- Brahmangaon1,898 people
- Shirshi1,868 people
- Pundari1,863 people
- Cheuti Mahespur1,828 people
- Baragram1,808 people
- Bagichapur1,712 people
- Kesrail1,620 people

[All 151 villages in Harirampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/harirampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balihara?1,862 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balihara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Harirampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balihara?70.3% (Census 2011)