# Balai Gachh Village, Rajganj, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Rajganj, Jalpaiguri 

# Balai Gachh

Balai Gachh is a village in Rajganj sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,383 people in 293 households**, the 23rd largest of 26 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.6%.

- 1,383people (2011)
- 293households
- 78.8%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balai Gachh

Of every 100 households in Balai Gachh in 2011, 43 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balai Gachh · ■ Rajganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**72%

Tap water ****3%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****88%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**6%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****24%**

**39%

Television ****36%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****94%**

**94%

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 Balai Gachh?

■ Balai Gachh · ■ Rajganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.8%**

**72.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****965**

**945

Working population ****39.7%**

**38.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 73.1% for women. 58% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 99 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (10%) · **■** Other work 367 (67%) · **■** Marginal 28 (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 Rajganj

- Mahanbhita2,208 people
- Patharghata2,035 people
- Badlagachha1,884 people
- Lalitabari1,479 people
- Chhat Shikarpur541 people
- Araji Bhelakoba I353 people
- Araji Bhelakoba III296 people

[All 26 villages in Rajganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/rajganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balai Gachh?1,383 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balai Gachh in?Jalpaiguri district (Rajganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balai Gachh?78.8% (Census 2011)