# Balisol Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Balisol

Balisol is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **123 people in 36 households**, the 368th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 123people (2011)
- 36households
- 85.8%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balisol

Of every 100 households in Balisol in 2011, 19 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balisol · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**97%

Use banking services ****11%**

**34%

Television ****11%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**17%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Balisol?

■ Balisol · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.8%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1125**

**979

Working population ****42.3%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.9% for men and 80.4% for women. 52% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 15 (29%) · **■** Other work 7 (13%) · **■** Marginal 30 (58%)

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 Jhargram

- Damgram126 people
- Guri Pukur126 people
- Hariadhara125 people
- Hatibari125 people
- Chenchur Gerya123 people
- Mura Bani122 people
- Bhelai Juri120 people
- Satyadihi118 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balisol?123 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balisol in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balisol?85.8% (Census 2011)