# Balasan Village, Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Balasan

Balasan is a village in Maynaguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,300 people in 493 households**, the 59th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 2,300people (2011)
- 493households
- 78.9%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balasan

Of every 100 households in Balasan in 2011, 38 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balasan · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**67%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****59%**

**92%

Use banking services ****4%**

**22%

Television ****22%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****33%**

**31%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Balasan?

■ Balasan · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.9%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****878**

**940

Working population ****33.0%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 72.3% for women. 55% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 220 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 275 (36%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 109 (14%) · **■** Marginal 144 (19%)

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 Maynaguri

- Paharpur2,579 people
- Khaer Khal2,471 people
- Bagjan2,449 people
- Paitkakhocha2,382 people
- Paschim Bara Gharia2,087 people
- Uttar Kalamati2,076 people
- Purbba Harmati1,992 people
- Ramsai1,974 people

[All 85 villages in Maynaguri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/maynaguri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balasan?2,300 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balasan in?Jalpaiguri district (Maynaguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balasan?78.9% (Census 2011)