# Belia Village, Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur 

# Belia

Belia is a village in Jamboni sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,268 people in 504 households**, the 3rd largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.6%.

- 2,268people (2011)
- 504households
- 75.6%literacy
- 1,011females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belia

Of every 100 households in Belia in 2011, 53 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Belia · ■ Jamboni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**35%

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

**11%

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

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****28%**

**25%

Television ****20%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Belia?

■ Belia · ■ Jamboni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**72.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1011**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1268**

**960

Working population ****36.5%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.1% for men and 66.8% for women. 55% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 107 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (1%) · **■** Household industry 59 (7%) · **■** Other work 295 (36%) · **■** Marginal 360 (43%)

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 Jamboni

- Parihati4,312 people
- Chichra3,116 people
- Gidhni1,935 people
- Dubra1,799 people
- Kapasita1,761 people
- Nunia1,694 people

[All 338 villages in Jamboni](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jamboni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belia?2,268 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belia in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jamboni sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belia?75.6% (Census 2011)