# Balumati Village, Raninagar - I, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Raninagar - I, Murshidabad 

# Balumati

Balumati is a village in Raninagar - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,990 people in 653 households**, the 19th largest of 57 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.0%.

- 2,990people (2011)
- 653households
- 67.5%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balumati

Of every 100 households in Balumati in 2011, 36 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balumati · ■ Raninagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**76%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**47%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****54%**

**27%

Television ****10%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****19%**

**38%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Balumati?

■ Balumati · ■ Raninagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.5%**

**65.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****989**

**992

Working population ****33.7%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.7% for men and 68.2% for women. 56% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 297 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 291 (29%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 155 (15%) · **■** Marginal 256 (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 Raninagar - I

- Hursi4,315 people
- Durgapur4,101 people
- Naodapara3,386 people
- Dakshin Gopalpur3,125 people
- Mohanpur2,774 people
- Gopinathpur2,717 people
- Haribhanga Daulatpur2,678 people
- Azmatpur2,492 people

[All 63 villages in Raninagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/raninagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balumati?2,990 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balumati in?Murshidabad district (Raninagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balumati?67.5% (Census 2011)