# Balichaturi Village, Shyampur - I, Haora (West Bengal)

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Village · Shyampur - I, Haora 

# Balichaturi

Balichaturi is a village in Shyampur - I sub-district of Haora district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,829 people in 424 households**, the 42nd largest of 63 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.8%.

- 1,829people (2011)
- 424households
- 74.7%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balichaturi

Of every 100 households in Balichaturi in 2011, 58 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Balichaturi · ■ Shyampur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**37%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****25%**

**31%

Television ****23%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**40%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Balichaturi?

■ Balichaturi · ■ Shyampur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**78.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****872**

**987

Working population ****31.9%**

**35.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 66.9% for women. 59% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 50 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 80 (14%) · **■** Marginal 448 (77%)

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 Shyampur - I

- Gutinaguri2,080 people
- Purulpara2,041 people
- Purali Para1,998 people
- Puturia1,918 people
- Gadiara1,806 people
- Narikelabar1,802 people
- Kasipur1,731 people
- Joy Krishnapur1,728 people

[All 63 villages in Shyampur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/haora/shyampur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balichaturi?1,829 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balichaturi in?Haora district (Shyampur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balichaturi?74.7% (Census 2011)