# Balakat Village, Chanchal - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - I, Maldah 

# Balakat

Balakat is a village in Chanchal - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **260 people in 50 households**, the 92nd largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 260people (2011)
- 50households
- 66.4%literacy
- 1,241females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balakat

Of every 100 households in Balakat in 2011, 6 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balakat · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****0%**

**42%

Television ****0%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****79%**

**34%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Balakat?

■ Balakat · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1241**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**944

Working population ****45.8%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 59.5% for women. 55% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 14 (12%) · **■** Marginal 103 (87%)

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 Chanchal - I

- Domabir451 people
- Gauripur438 people
- Sankola358 people
- Rahimpur309 people
- Rayghata237 people
- Panchrekha201 people
- Ranapur192 people
- Jakarpur165 people

[All 100 villages in Chanchal - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balakat?260 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balakat in?Maldah district (Chanchal - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balakat?66.4% (Census 2011)