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

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Balla

Balla is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **554 people in 135 households**, the 82nd largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 554people (2011)
- 135households
- 81.4%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balla

Of every 100 households in Balla in 2011, 39 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balla · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**97%

Use banking services ****38%**

**34%

Television ****19%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**17%

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 Balla?

■ Balla · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.4%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****900**

**979

Working population ****38.8%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 71.6% for women. 57% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 45 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 43 (20%) · **■** Other work 73 (34%) · **■** Marginal 54 (25%)

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

- Nayagram566 people
- Kalsi Bhanga563 people
- Alkushia560 people
- Satpati560 people
- Gobindapur553 people
- Patharnala553 people
- Bhaluk Kaulua552 people
- Chandipur548 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balla?554 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balla in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balla?81.4% (Census 2011)