# Balarampur Village, Chanchal - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - II, Maldah 

# Balarampur

Balarampur is a village in Chanchal - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,843 people in 442 households**, the 41st largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.4%.

- 1,843people (2011)
- 442households
- 55.1%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balarampur

Of every 100 households in Balarampur in 2011, 21 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balarampur · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**80%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**90%

Use banking services ****41%**

**16%

Television ****10%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****39%**

**46%

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 Balarampur?

■ Balarampur · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.1%**

**57.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1198**

**953

Working population ****37.5%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.5% for men and 50.2% for women. 55% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 159 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 332 (48%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 26 (4%) · **■** Marginal 174 (25%)

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 - II

- Kaliganj2,100 people
- Shimultala2,056 people
- Gobindapara1,907 people
- Rampur1,891 people
- Hosenpur1,828 people
- Rampurujitpur1,790 people
- Gaursanda1,648 people
- Dakshin Paranpur1,630 people

[All 92 villages in Chanchal - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balarampur?1,843 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balarampur in?Maldah district (Chanchal - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balarampur?55.1% (Census 2011)