# Baligari Village, Tarakeswar, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Tarakeswar, Hugli 

# Baligari

Baligari is a village in Tarakeswar sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,845 people in 1,386 households**, the 5th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.0%.

- 5,845people (2011)
- 1,386households
- 73.0%literacy
- 1,012females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baligari

Of every 100 households in Baligari in 2011, 71 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Baligari · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**28%

Tap water ****2%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**11%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****30%**

**55%

Television ****40%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**14%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Baligari?

■ Baligari · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.0%**

**80.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1012**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1139**

**949

Working population ****41.7%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 65.4% for women. 61% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 162 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 922 (38%) · **■** Household industry 46 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,005 (41%) · **■** Marginal 302 (12%)

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 Tarakeswar

- Chanpadanga12,518 people
- Purba Ramnagar7,759 people
- Astara6,590 people
- Moktarpur6,364 people
- Talpur5,389 people
- Bhanjipur4,433 people
- Santoshpur4,063 people
- Binagram3,950 people

[All 90 villages in Tarakeswar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/tarakeswar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baligari?5,845 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baligari in?Hugli district (Tarakeswar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baligari?73.0% (Census 2011)