# Balighari Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Balighari

Balighari is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,480 people in 379 households**, the 75th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 1,480people (2011)
- 379households
- 73.5%literacy
- 1,079females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balighari

Of every 100 households in Balighari in 2011, 46 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balighari · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**48%

Tap water ****85%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**84%

Use banking services ****32%**

**58%

Television ****29%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**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 Balighari?

■ Balighari · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1079**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1125**

**962

Working population ****45.5%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.8% for men and 66.7% for women. 63% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 105 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 174 (26%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 138 (20%) · **■** Marginal 253 (38%)

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

- Bahadurpur1,522 people
- Kanajuli1,508 people
- Talbona1,499 people
- Kamalpur1,488 people
- Bhagabanpur1,473 people
- Jolkul1,466 people
- Durgapur1,441 people
- Belgachhia1,436 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balighari?1,480 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balighari in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balighari?73.5% (Census 2011)