Village · Ratua - I, Maldah
# Balarampur

Balarampur is a village in Ratua - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,165 people in 469 households, the 47th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 34.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.
- 2,165 people (2011)
- 469 households
- 34.6% literacy
- 949 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balarampur

Of every 100 households in Balarampur in 2011, 17 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balarampur · ■ Ratua - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 17% 31%
- Toilet within the home 2% 24%
- No toilet (open defecation) 98% 73%
- Tap water 60% 17%
- Drinking water within premises 48% 33%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 89%
- Use banking services 21% 24%
- Television 0% 11%
- Mobile phone 4% 34%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 65% 38%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Balarampur?

■ Balarampur · ■ Ratua - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 34.6% 60.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 949 937
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1076 959
- Working population 33.9% 32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 43.8% for men and 24.7% for women. 51% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 172 (23%) · ■ Farm labourers 269 (37%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 80 (11%) · ■ Marginal 212 (29%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Ratua - I
- Gangarampara 2,516 people
- Bhaluara 2,443 people
- Salabatpur 2,433 people
- Bajitpur 2,283 people
- Matiganj 2,112 people
- Mahammadpur 2,098 people
- Nijgaon Faridpur 2,093 people
- Kalutola 2,015 people

All 101 villages in Ratua - I

## Other places named Balarampur
- Balarampur · Sub-district, Puruliya · 137,950 people
- Balarampur · Village, Tufanganj - I, Koch Bihar · 34,113 people
- Balarampur · Town, Puruliya · 24,431 people
- Balarampur · Village, Jamalpur, Barddhaman · 5,490 people
- Balarampur · Village, Kujang, Jagatsinghapur · 5,464 people
- Balarampur · Town, South Twenty Four Parganas · 5,251 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Balarampur? 2,165 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balarampur in? Maldah district (Ratua - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balarampur? 34.6% (Census 2011)

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