# Balakundi Village, Dinhata - I, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Dinhata - I, Koch Bihar 

# Balakundi

Balakundi is a village in Dinhata - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,256 people in 544 households**, the 45th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 2,256people (2011)
- 544households
- 69.7%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balakundi

Of every 100 households in Balakundi in 2011, 44 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balakundi · ■ Dinhata - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**64%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**35%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**88%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****81%**

**49%

Television ****9%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**34%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Balakundi?

■ Balakundi · ■ Dinhata - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.7%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****992**

**949

Working population ****34.2%**

**39.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.7% for men and 64.5% for women. 60% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 451 (58%) · **■** Farm labourers 216 (28%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 80 (10%) · **■** Marginal 23 (3%)

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 Dinhata - I

- Bara Bhita Pratham Khanda2,364 people
- Jamadarerbus2,286 people
- Daribash Prothamkhanda2,285 people
- Kharija Barigachhi2,274 people
- Dakshin Dighaltari2,236 people
- Dukha Bholar Kuthi2,070 people
- Danga2,065 people
- Jarihallanadi1,984 people

[All 130 villages in Dinhata - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/dinhata-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balakundi?2,256 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balakundi in?Koch Bihar district (Dinhata - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balakundi?69.7% (Census 2011)