# Ballalguri Village, Madarihat, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Madarihat, Jalpaiguri 

# Ballalguri

Ballalguri is a village in Madarihat sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,746 people in 392 households**, the 36th largest of 48 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.9%.

- 1,746people (2011)
- 392households
- 66.1%literacy
- 998females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ballalguri

Of every 100 households in Ballalguri in 2011, 44 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ballalguri · ■ Madarihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**88%

Use banking services ****86%**

**38%

Television ****22%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****38%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**63%

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 Ballalguri?

■ Ballalguri · ■ Madarihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.1%**

**66.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****998**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****942**

**974

Working population ****46.6%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.3% for men and 59.0% for women. 55% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 247 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (6%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 94 (12%) · **■** Marginal 424 (52%)

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 Madarihat

- Purba Khairbari2,033 people
- Uttar Khairbari1,963 people
- Paschim Madarihat1,937 people
- Madhya Chhekamari1,786 people
- Rahimpur Tea Garden1,721 people
- Sarugaon1,429 people
- Dumchi Tea Garden1,004 people
- Nepania994 people

[All 48 villages in Madarihat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/madarihat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ballalguri?1,746 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ballalguri in?Jalpaiguri district (Madarihat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ballalguri?66.1% (Census 2011)