# Balia Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Balia

Balia is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **10,299 people in 2,270 households**, the 2nd largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 10,299people (2011)
- 2,270households
- 61.5%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balia

Of every 100 households in Balia in 2011, 23 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balia · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**83%

Tap water ****7%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**95%

Use banking services ****26%**

**20%

Television ****10%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**0%

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

**39%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Balia?

■ Balia · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.5%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****934**

**954

Working population ****32.8%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.1% for men and 57.7% for women. 53% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 580 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 948 (28%) · **■** Household industry 188 (6%) · **■** Other work 866 (26%) · **■** Marginal 794 (24%)

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

- Kabilpur16,489 people
- Popara10,107 people
- Dasturhat9,959 people
- Kantanagar9,453 people
- Bokhara8,000 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balia?10,299 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balia in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balia?61.5% (Census 2011)