# Balapukhari Village, Sitai, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Sitai, Koch Bihar 

# Balapukhari

Balapukhari is a village in Sitai sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,505 people in 829 households**, the 9th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 3,505people (2011)
- 829households
- 62.7%literacy
- 1,006females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balapukhari

Of every 100 households in Balapukhari in 2011, 20 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Balapukhari · ■ Sitai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**43%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****95%**

**87%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****24%**

**26%

Television ****6%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

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

**34%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Balapukhari?

■ Balapukhari · ■ Sitai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.7%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1192**

**967

Working population ****47.7%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.4% for men and 54.8% for women. 61% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 679 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 452 (27%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 70 (4%) · **■** Marginal 468 (28%)

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 Sitai

- Brahmottra Chatra5,863 people
- Sitai4,949 people
- Konachatra4,369 people
- Kayeterbari3,745 people
- Bathar3,487 people
- Anandaran Singimari3,160 people
- Uttar Singimari3,055 people
- Satbhandari2,560 people

[All 53 villages in Sitai](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/sitai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balapukhari?3,505 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balapukhari in?Koch Bihar district (Sitai sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balapukhari?62.7% (Census 2011)