# Balarhat Village, Mathabhanga - I, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Mathabhanga - I, Koch Bihar 

# Balarhat

Balarhat is a village in Mathabhanga - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **999 people in 244 households**, the 66th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.5%.

- 999people (2011)
- 244households
- 77.4%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balarhat

Of every 100 households in Balarhat in 2011, 0 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balarhat · ■ Mathabhanga - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**41%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**57%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****99%**

**78%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****5%**

**31%

Television ****1%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**32%

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 Balarhat?

■ Balarhat · ■ Mathabhanga - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.4%**

**71.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1020**

**946

Working population ****37.7%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 67.4% for women. 49% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 189 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (14%) · **■** Other work 22 (6%) · **■** Marginal 115 (31%)

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 Mathabhanga - I

- Nabiner Dola1,170 people
- Chandamari1,119 people
- Chengar Khata1,103 people
- Satgaon Manabari Sitallahiri1,078 people
- Mahimer Kuthi997 people
- Tekonia981 people
- Tetuler Chhara975 people
- Nagar Gopalganj907 people

[All 102 villages in Mathabhanga - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/mathabhanga-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balarhat?999 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balarhat in?Koch Bihar district (Mathabhanga - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balarhat?77.4% (Census 2011)