# Balichara Village, Polba - Dadpur, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Polba - Dadpur, Hugli 

# Balichara

Balichara is a village in Polba - Dadpur sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **437 people in 105 households**, the 170th largest of 193 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.1%.

- 437people (2011)
- 105households
- 70.7%literacy
- 1,091females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balichara

Of every 100 households in Balichara in 2011, 28 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balichara · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**50%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**21%

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

**8%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****36%**

**56%

Television ****36%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**14%

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 Balichara?

■ Balichara · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**75.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1091**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****760**

**942

Working population ****40.0%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.0% for men and 67.0% for women. 59% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 80 (46%) · **■** Household industry 5 (3%) · **■** Other work 46 (26%) · **■** Marginal 9 (5%)

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 Polba - Dadpur

- Sarkhola479 people
- Jhanpa472 people
- Manipur465 people
- Kedarnagar439 people
- Tamila437 people
- Jagannathpur431 people
- Durgadaspur422 people
- Bahir Ranagachha401 people

[All 194 villages in Polba - Dadpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/polba-dadpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balichara?437 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balichara in?Hugli district (Polba - Dadpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balichara?70.7% (Census 2011)