# Balia Village, Arambag, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arambag, Hugli 

# Balia

Balia is a village in Arambag sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,021 people in 442 households**, the 51st largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 2,021people (2011)
- 442households
- 65.6%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balia

Of every 100 households in Balia in 2011, 30 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balia · ■ Arambag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**30%

Tap water ****4%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****66%**

**42%

Television ****19%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**26%

Own their home ****96%**

**98%

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 Balia?

■ Balia · ■ Arambag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.6%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****870**

**959

Working population ****31.3%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.9% for men and 58.9% for women. 58% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 68 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (6%) · **■** Other work 82 (13%) · **■** Marginal 441 (70%)

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 Arambag

- Pura2,060 people
- Bachhanari2,044 people
- Uttar Rasulpur2,032 people
- Satmasa2,026 people
- Ghar Gohal2,021 people
- Basantabati2,007 people
- Chak Jalal1,760 people
- Hamirbati1,754 people

[All 159 villages in Arambag](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/arambag/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balia?2,021 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balia in?Hugli district (Arambag sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balia?65.6% (Census 2011)