# Balagachhi Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Balagachhi

Balagachhi is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,663 people in 535 households**, the 29th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 2,663people (2011)
- 535households
- 56.9%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balagachhi

Of every 100 households in Balagachhi in 2011, 49 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balagachhi · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**16%

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

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**95%

Use banking services ****13%**

**20%

Television ****6%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****31%**

**39%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Balagachhi?

■ Balagachhi · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.9%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****903**

**954

Working population ****44.1%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.3% for men and 56.4% for women. 54% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 113 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 170 (14%) · **■** Household industry 73 (6%) · **■** Other work 295 (25%) · **■** Marginal 523 (45%)

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 Sagardighi

- Kanchia Bishnudanga3,127 people
- Brahmanigram2,852 people
- Jamalmati2,825 people
- Fulsahari2,768 people
- Dohali Dangapara2,660 people
- Chamunda2,627 people
- Bergram2,591 people
- Kaiar2,572 people

[All 197 villages in Sagardighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balagachhi?2,663 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balagachhi in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balagachhi?56.9% (Census 2011)