# Balagari Char Village, Chakdah, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Chakdah, Nadia 

# Balagari Char

Balagari Char is a village in Chakdah sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,305 people in 1,377 households**, the 9th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.3%.

- 5,305people (2011)
- 1,377households
- 80.8%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balagari Char

Of every 100 households in Balagari Char in 2011, 48 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balagari Char · ■ Chakdah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**16%

Tap water ****23%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**48%

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

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**86%

Use banking services ****34%**

**38%

Television ****27%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Balagari Char?

■ Balagari Char · ■ Chakdah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.8%**

**78.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**937

Working population ****33.9%**

**35.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.6% for men and 76.8% for women. 62% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 796 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 595 (33%) · **■** Household industry 25 (1%) · **■** Other work 326 (18%) · **■** Marginal 54 (3%)

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 Chakdah

- Silinda7,741 people
- Hariankha6,585 people
- Rautari6,563 people
- Balia6,014 people
- Dubra5,285 people
- Muratipur5,208 people
- Purba Bishnupur5,191 people
- Sikarpur4,770 people

[All 148 villages in Chakdah](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/chakdah/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balagari Char?5,305 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balagari Char in?Nadia district (Chakdah sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balagari Char?80.8% (Census 2011)