# Balta Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Balta

Balta is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,066 people in 240 households**, the 51st largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 1,066people (2011)
- 240households
- 75.2%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balta

Of every 100 households in Balta in 2011, 47 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balta · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****39%**

**25%

Television ****16%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**33%

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 · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.2%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1031**

**951

Working population ****36.8%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 70.1% for women. 56% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 99 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 234 (60%) · **■** Other work 14 (4%) · **■** Marginal 45 (11%)

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 Kumarganj

- Bhagabatipur1,105 people
- Badikanai1,102 people
- Agachha1,069 people
- Tilna1,067 people
- Chak Mohan1,037 people
- Mulgaon1,032 people
- Kanura1,029 people
- Uchat1,007 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balta?1,066 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balta in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balta?75.2% (Census 2011)