Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Balikeshetra

Balikeshetra is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 366 people in 86 households, the 208th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.
- 366 people (2011)
- 86 households
- 80.2% literacy
- 803 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balikeshetra

Of every 100 households in Balikeshetra in 2011, 46 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balikeshetra · ■ Tapan rural average
- Electricity for lighting 46% 31%
- Toilet within the home 18% 24%
- No toilet (open defecation) 82% 75%
- Tap water 8% 8%
- Drinking water within premises 12% 11%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 94%
- Use banking services 11% 26%
- Television 23% 16%
- Mobile phone 31% 30%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 6% 33%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Balikeshetra?

■ Balikeshetra · ■ Tapan rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 80.2% 68.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 803 949
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1467 954
- Working population 59.3% 45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.6% for men and 73.0% for women. 65% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 62 (29%) · ■ Farm labourers 127 (59%) · ■ Household industry 5 (2%) · ■ Other work 8 (4%) · ■ Marginal 15 (7%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Tapan
- Chak Brindaban 384 people
- Jamalgachhi 383 people
- Jaminipara 379 people
- Mallikpur 368 people
- Hasahar 365 people
- Bezahar 363 people
- Dakshin Zaziar 363 people
- Pabail 363 people

All 279 villages in Tapan

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Balikeshetra? 366 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balikeshetra in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balikeshetra? 80.2% (Census 2011)

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