# Balaramga Village, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Balaramga

Balaramga is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **753 people in 148 households**, the 89th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 753people (2011)
- 148households
- 86.7%literacy
- 819females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balaramga

Of every 100 households in Balaramga in 2011, 77 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 23 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Balaramga · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**49%

Tap water ****75%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****23%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**93%

Use banking services ****48%**

**37%

Television ****32%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Balaramga?

■ Balaramga · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.7%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****819**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**959

Working population ****40.2%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 82.4% for women. 67% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 45 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (14%) · **■** Household industry 69 (23%) · **■** Other work 139 (46%) · **■** Marginal 8 (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 Ghatal

- Eyakubpur862 people
- Lachhipur854 people
- Balarampur779 people
- Shyampur766 people
- Kamdebpur753 people
- Amodarkul750 people
- Dhashachandpur728 people
- Prasadchak711 people

[All 145 villages in Ghatal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/ghatal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balaramga?753 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balaramga in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balaramga?86.7% (Census 2011)