# Boalia Village, Bhagawangola - II, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Bhagawangola - II, Murshidabad 

# Boalia

Boalia is a village in Bhagawangola - II sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,526 people in 344 households**, the 31st largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 1,526people (2011)
- 344households
- 65.4%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Boalia

Of every 100 households in Boalia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Boalia · ■ Bhagawangola - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**35%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****3%**

**27%

Television ****2%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****33%**

**42%

Own their home ****98%**

**94%

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 Boalia?

■ Boalia · ■ Bhagawangola - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.4%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****780**

**968

Working population ****28.0%**

**30.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.6% for men and 62.2% for women. 52% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 39 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 349 (82%) · **■** Other work 13 (3%) · **■** Marginal 26 (6%)

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 Bhagawangola - II

- Alaipur1,812 people
- Jazira Char Dumuria1,797 people
- Malipur1,774 people
- Dakshin Basudebpur1,651 people
- Jot Sahabaj1,489 people
- Kalyan Nagar1,411 people
- Jafrabad1,367 people
- Mehadipur1,333 people

[All 71 villages in Bhagawangola - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/bhagawangola-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Boalia?1,526 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Boalia in?Murshidabad district (Bhagawangola - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Boalia?65.4% (Census 2011)