# Balagari Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Balagari

Balagari is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **548 people in 111 households**, the 179th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 548people (2011)
- 111households
- 72.1%literacy
- 1,116females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balagari

Of every 100 households in Balagari in 2011, 92 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Balagari · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**48%

Tap water ****0%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**84%

Use banking services ****74%**

**58%

Television ****57%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Balagari?

■ Balagari · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1116**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**962

Working population ****35.9%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 62.3% for women. 57% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 73 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 75 (38%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 27 (14%) · **■** Marginal 18 (9%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Telekona604 people
- Purbba Narayanpur590 people
- Jadupur566 people
- Dakshin Malikapur562 people
- Jhuma532 people
- Uttar Basudebpur532 people
- Masuria530 people
- Uttar Jagannathpur525 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balagari?548 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balagari in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balagari?72.1% (Census 2011)